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Intercontinental Exchange Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Intercontinental Exchange Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -50.1%).

Data 2005-11-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,207 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.4%, drawdown -73.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -50.1%, Sharpe 0.55, 88% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 3.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.8%p (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -50.1%, exposure 88%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=-0.11
11.7%-50.1%0.550.2310.0x6388%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=179
9.2%-49.6%0.480.186.2x2674%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=140
9.1%-49.0%0.470.186.0x3077%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=74
9.5%-70.2%0.460.136.5x3783%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.9
7.2%-47.6%0.420.154.3x9157%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.6
3.6%-24.6%0.390.152.1x3812%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=2.3
4.4%-55.1%0.330.082.4x12831%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=28
2.1%-38.9%0.220.051.5x8316%
MACD
fast=22, slow=30, signal=21
1.9%-72.5%0.200.031.5x22350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
0.1%-79.1%0.120.001.0x19357%
Buy and hold15.4%-73.9%0.570.2119.3x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -50.1% (2007-12-26 → 2008-03-20), recovered after 1,954 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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