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Planet Fitness, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Planet Fitness, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 13.0%, MDD -36.5%).

Data 2015-08-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,762 (11.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.0%, drawdown -68.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.3%, MDD -37.5%, Sharpe 0.69, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 5.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.2%p (CAGR 13.0%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 60%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=25
17.3%-37.5%0.690.465.8x3965%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.2
13.0%-36.5%0.580.363.8x3660%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=65
11.9%-39.8%0.550.303.4x3858%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=127
11.3%-52.0%0.520.223.2x3664%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=-0.05
11.7%-48.5%0.510.243.4x7071%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=15
5.7%-20.1%0.430.291.8x4026%
MACD
fast=29, slow=52, signal=31
7.7%-50.3%0.420.152.2x7751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=69, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
4.9%-30.4%0.370.161.7x2229%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.2
3.5%-27.7%0.330.131.5x2419%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
3.9%-54.8%0.280.071.5x8756%
Buy and hold12.0%-68.7%0.480.173.5x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -52% -69% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -37.5% (2021-02-24 → 2023-08-04), recovered after 1,279 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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