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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Autodesk, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Autodesk, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1985-06-28 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 10,372 (41.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.4%, drawdown -76.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -64.6%, Sharpe 0.42, 77% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=25, exitN=61
8.9%-64.6%0.420.1433.6x11977%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=-0.08
8.1%-66.9%0.400.1225.1x28576%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=80
7.5%-60.3%0.380.1320.0x15261%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.5
6.9%-61.6%0.370.1115.7x16157%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=138
5.7%-81.8%0.330.079.8x7067%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.5%-68.1%0.330.088.9x33954%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=63, k=1.3
5.2%-64.1%0.320.088.0x20546%
MACD
fast=28, slow=50, signal=19
5.0%-76.2%0.310.077.4x38553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=12
3.4%-68.9%0.260.053.9x33739%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.3
2.8%-69.5%0.240.043.2x30951%
Buy and hold16.4%-76.9%0.560.21514.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -58% -77% 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.6% (2005-11-02 → 2010-08-23), recovered after 4,363 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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