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Astronics Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Astronics Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.8%, drawdown -91.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 10.3%, MDD -87.6%, Sharpe 0.45, 74% 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=229, threshold=-0.15
10.3%-87.6%0.450.1292.6x22374%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=154
9.9%-79.0%0.430.1378.7x9357%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=12
9.5%-74.6%0.420.1368.2x22644%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=143
9.2%-84.9%0.420.1159.4x7358%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=5
8.4%-83.2%0.410.1042.8x10958%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=57
7.3%-90.7%0.390.0826.6x9558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
1.3%-95.6%0.260.011.8x52651%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=63, k=3.4
2.2%-67.7%0.210.032.8x7420%
MACD
fast=23, slow=47, signal=29
-6.2%-99.7%0.14-0.060.1x42852%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.4
-1.3%-94.4%0.13-0.010.6x18028%
Buy and hold11.8%-91.8%0.510.13178.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -87.6% (1986-05-27 → 1995-02-10), recovered after 7,563 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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