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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (Name to be changed from Sally Holdings, Inc.). 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -44.4%).

Data 2006-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,954 (19.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.3%, drawdown -80.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.3%, MDD -59.9%, Sharpe 0.32, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.6%p (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -44.4%, exposure 28%).

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=29, mult=3.9
5.3%-59.9%0.320.092.8x7551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.6
3.9%-44.4%0.280.092.1x5928%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=44
3.3%-56.6%0.260.061.9x27150%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=94
2.5%-59.1%0.230.041.6x4950%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=24
2.0%-27.1%0.230.071.5x127%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=2
2.1%-53.1%0.210.041.5x7431%
MACD
fast=19, slow=49, signal=22
0.7%-68.8%0.180.011.1x21149%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=28, exitN=33
-0.1%-67.6%0.15-0.001.0x7553%
ROC 모멘텀
n=53, threshold=0.16
-1.8%-57.8%0.03-0.030.7x18320%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
-13.4%-95.4%-0.27-0.140.1x35550%
Buy and hold3.3%-80.5%0.310.041.9x1100%
1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -81% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -59.9% (2013-06-27 → 2018-09-10), recovered after 2,799 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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