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Las Vegas Sands Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Las Vegas Sands Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.0%, MDD -31.7%).

Data 2004-12-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,440 (21.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.2%, drawdown -99.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -60.7%, Sharpe 0.51, 52% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.0%, MDD -71.3%, exposure 65%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 11.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.3%p (CAGR 8.0%, MDD -31.7%, exposure 20%).

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=20, slow=117
11.7%-60.7%0.510.1911.0x5452%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=74
12.0%-71.3%0.500.1711.5x4265%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.7
8.0%-31.7%0.470.255.3x8220%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=81
9.4%-67.5%0.450.147.0x5253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=21
8.1%-76.8%0.420.115.4x26529%
ROC 모멘텀
n=17, threshold=0.11
7.5%-61.3%0.410.124.8x30216%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.3
7.2%-64.4%0.400.114.5x10638%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.2
5.6%-72.8%0.330.083.2x13951%
MACD
fast=15, slow=24, signal=15
3.4%-82.3%0.280.042.0x32550%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.06
2.7%-89.4%0.240.031.8x25152%
Buy and hold0.2%-99.0%0.280.001.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -60.7% (2019-05-03 → 2022-03-14), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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