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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Apogee Enterprises, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1973-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,424 (53.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.3%, drawdown -85.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -47.9%, Sharpe 0.39, 24% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -73.2%, exposure 59%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=21
5.7%-47.9%0.390.1219.4x17824%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=133
7.4%-73.2%0.380.1044.9x11359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=79
7.3%-77.0%0.380.1043.5x14579%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3
4.2%-52.2%0.320.088.8x10520%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=144
5.2%-71.8%0.320.0714.8x9959%
MACD
fast=25, slow=89, signal=18
3.1%-83.2%0.250.045.0x45653%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=2.7
2.8%-86.1%0.240.034.3x35056%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
2.4%-89.1%0.230.033.6x40054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=-0.02
2.3%-88.8%0.230.033.4x38761%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=11, mult=2.5
-1.5%-89.4%0.04-0.020.5x19827%
Buy and hold10.3%-85.9%0.440.12181.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -47.9% (1973-10-12 → 1975-10-29), recovered after 1,302 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 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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