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Kinetik Holdings Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kinetik Holdings Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 6.2%, MDD -13.7%).

Data 2018-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,937 (7.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -7.4%, drawdown -95.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.9%, MDD -34.8%, Sharpe 0.66, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 23.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 60.3%p (CAGR 6.2%, MDD -13.7%, exposure 5%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=149
15.9%-34.8%0.660.463.1x1146%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=90
15.3%-41.0%0.630.373.0x1147%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=78, exitN=77
14.3%-46.0%0.580.312.8x756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.4
9.3%-38.2%0.500.242.0x1425%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=30
6.2%-13.7%0.490.451.6x45%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=3.5
5.0%-13.7%0.430.371.5x22%
Supertrend
period=34, mult=4.8
6.2%-54.3%0.350.111.6x1946%
ROC 모멘텀
n=132, threshold=-0.04
5.9%-58.7%0.340.101.6x5152%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
1.0%-59.3%0.240.021.1x10047%
MACD
fast=17, slow=23, signal=19
-3.4%-76.3%0.21-0.040.8x10551%
Buy and hold-7.4%-95.1%0.22-0.080.6x1100%
0.1 1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -34.8% (2021-10-18 → 2022-09-26), recovered after 1,116 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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