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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 48.5%, MDD -43.3%).

Data 2021-03-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,345 (5.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.8%, drawdown -84.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 48.5%, MDD -43.3%, Sharpe 1.04, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 27.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.5%p (CAGR 48.5%, MDD -43.3%, exposure 55%).

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
Supertrend
period=26, mult=5
48.5%-43.3%1.041.128.3x1255%
ROC 모멘텀
n=38, threshold=-0.07
41.6%-64.7%0.900.646.4x6065%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=70
36.7%-52.0%0.870.715.3x2451%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=54
36.6%-59.1%0.870.625.3x2052%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=61, atrPeriod=9, mult=0.9
35.1%-50.5%0.860.705.0x2847%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.4
32.9%-59.4%0.840.554.6x2044%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=43, exitN=19
32.1%-67.4%0.820.484.4x1845%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=16
21.6%-54.9%0.660.392.8x2836%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
16.9%-64.3%0.560.262.3x4852%
MACD
fast=19, slow=43, signal=19
13.5%-64.8%0.500.212.0x5655%
Buy and hold20.8%-84.8%0.620.252.8x1100%
1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.3% (2024-02-15 → 2025-08-11), recovered after 691 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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