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Does Kaufman’s adaptive moving average (KAMA) work on GDDY?

Kaufman’s adaptive moving average (KAMA) does not beat buy-and-hold on GDDY: -19.5 points a year over 11 years.

Total return
-41.7%
Buy and hold
389.4%
CAGR
-4.6%
Sharpe
-0.25
Max drawdown
-57.6%
Trades
419
Out of sample
—
Years
11
0.6×1×5.6×20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
StrategyGDDY

Findings

  1. Kaufman’s adaptive moving average (KAMA) does not beat buy-and-hold on GDDY: -19.5 points a year over 11 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: -18.7 points a year.
  3. Total return -41.7% versus +389.4% for buy-and-hold, with 419 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -57.6%.
  5. It beats in neither half of the history (split at 2020).
  6. It ranks #228 of 235 markets for this strategy by annual excess over the S&P 500.

Findings derived from the full panel. Each carries its number and its denominator; the computations are reproducible with artifact 6540eaf5c46b.

Exactly what was tested

Close crosses above KAMA(10, 2, 30) → entry; close crosses below → exit.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding GDDY over the same window, with round-trip costs per asset class. “Out of sample” is walk-forward: the rule is fit on one stretch and judged on the next. A result that beats in the full sample but not out of it is overfit. Full methodology in the protocol. How we test.

Open this backtest with its trades   Trades (CSV)

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How to cite

Finaxion Research (2026). Does Kaufman’s adaptive moving average (KAMA) work on GDDY?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 6540eaf5c46b. https://finaxion.app/en/research/kama-adaptive-average/gddy

Not a recommendation. Past performance does not guarantee future results.