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PagSeguro Digital Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PagSeguro Digital Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -13.9%).

Data 2018-01-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,141 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -12.3%, drawdown -90.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -43.7%, Sharpe 0.44, 45% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 21.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 46.3%p (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -13.9%, 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
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.3
9.6%-43.7%0.440.222.2x7745%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=36
2.9%-13.9%0.350.211.3x65%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=3
4.1%-31.1%0.340.131.4x127%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=52, exitN=40
5.8%-50.4%0.340.121.6x1739%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=57
3.6%-53.6%0.270.071.3x2646%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
2.0%-57.7%0.240.031.2x11147%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=53
-1.5%-70.5%0.14-0.020.9x4145%
ROC 모멘텀
n=56, threshold=-0.03
-2.9%-55.5%0.11-0.050.8x10550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.6
-0.4%-41.5%0.07-0.011.0x2015%
MACD
fast=16, slow=37, signal=16
-8.5%-75.0%-0.02-0.110.5x10548%
Buy and hold-12.3%-90.0%0.09-0.140.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.7% (2018-04-03 → 2019-01-15), recovered after 449 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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