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Wayfair Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Wayfair Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 19.4%, MDD -23.3%).

Data 2014-10-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,974 (11.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.0%, drawdown -93.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 19.4%, MDD -23.3%, Sharpe 0.92, 12% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 23.9%, MDD -55.4%, exposure 33%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 69.8%p (CAGR 19.4%, MDD -23.3%, exposure 12%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=32
19.4%-23.3%0.920.838.1x2012%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=26, mult=1.7
23.9%-55.4%0.750.4312.6x8033%
Supertrend
period=33, mult=2.7
22.6%-81.4%0.650.2811.1x9351%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=10
18.5%-59.1%0.640.317.5x5429%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=1.9
19.3%-65.2%0.640.308.1x9034%
MACD
fast=13, slow=35, signal=17
16.9%-77.5%0.550.226.3x14851%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
16.4%-91.0%0.550.186.0x21151%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=54
11.8%-76.5%0.470.153.7x6750%
ROC 모멘텀
n=59, threshold=-0.01
8.0%-80.1%0.400.102.5x16750%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=128
4.1%-69.7%0.310.061.6x2552%
Buy and hold7.0%-93.0%0.460.082.2x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -23.3% (2023-08-03 → 2023-08-23), recovered after 725 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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