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Cinemark Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cinemark Holdings, Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.6%, MDD -22.5%).

Data 2007-04-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,849 (19.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.5%, drawdown -85.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 3.6%, MDD -22.5%, Sharpe 0.45, 6% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.2%, MDD -54.5%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 63.0%p (CAGR 3.6%, MDD -22.5%, exposure 6%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=25
3.6%-22.5%0.450.162.0x66%
ROC 모멘텀
n=152, threshold=-0.03
7.2%-54.5%0.390.133.8x12162%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.5
3.1%-21.9%0.340.141.8x63%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=7, exitN=66
4.7%-69.9%0.310.072.4x7587%
MACD
fast=8, slow=49, signal=9
4.8%-76.4%0.300.062.5x37351%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=211
4.1%-56.9%0.290.072.2x2354%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=135
3.6%-55.4%0.270.062.0x7156%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=3.2
1.5%-64.8%0.190.021.3x12554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.1
1.5%-45.6%0.180.031.3x6129%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
-0.3%-82.1%0.15-0.000.9x35954%
Buy and hold3.5%-85.5%0.300.041.9x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -22.5% (2021-03-15 → 2021-03-24), recovered after 1,270 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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