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Barrett Business Services, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1993-06-11 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,362 (33.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -87.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.1%, MDD -93.9%, Sharpe 0.44, 70% 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=42, exitN=73
10.1%-93.9%0.440.1124.7x5970%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=180
7.6%-88.3%0.380.0911.3x5658%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=176
7.5%-90.8%0.380.0811.0x5959%
MACD
fast=40, slow=44, signal=20
3.8%-86.5%0.290.043.4x26452%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.8
3.4%-97.5%0.280.033.0x10261%
ROC 모멘텀
n=52, threshold=-0.1
2.4%-98.8%0.280.022.2x30978%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3
0.2%-79.8%0.130.001.1x9620%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.8
0.1%-85.1%0.110.001.0x7016%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.24
-4.4%-98.5%0.10-0.050.2x52253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=20
-3.8%-92.3%0.02-0.040.3x34830%
Buy and hold12.5%-87.7%0.500.1450.6x1100%
1x 10x 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -93.9% (1994-03-28 → 2003-05-28), recovered after 6,785 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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