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Dillard's, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Dillard's, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.6%, MDD -65.7%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 11,730 (46.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.3%, drawdown -94.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 14.7%, MDD -70.6%, Sharpe 0.58, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.0%p (CAGR 14.6%, MDD -65.7%, exposure 61%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=103
14.7%-70.6%0.580.21583.6x10359%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.9
14.2%-70.6%0.580.20474.8x17754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=121
14.6%-65.7%0.580.22563.1x11361%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=69, exitN=79
14.3%-70.7%0.570.20503.0x7561%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=-0.05
13.4%-86.8%0.530.15344.3x30968%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.2
11.3%-74.9%0.510.15147.2x26147%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=28, mult=3
9.9%-68.3%0.500.1480.9x18037%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=15
8.2%-72.5%0.420.1138.5x37840%
MACD
fast=30, slow=54, signal=23
8.7%-88.6%0.420.1048.4x37351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
6.3%-80.8%0.350.0817.5x37754%
Buy and hold16.3%-94.5%0.560.171142.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -70.6% (2006-11-16 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,111 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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