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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -57.1%).

Data 1987-06-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,860 (39.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.0%, drawdown -93.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.0%, MDD -69.0%, Sharpe 0.59, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.1%p (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -57.1%, exposure 65%).

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=16, exitN=70
16.0%-69.0%0.590.23331.7x9184%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=117
12.9%-57.1%0.550.23113.5x14065%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=-0.09
12.3%-73.4%0.510.1792.3x21579%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=75
11.1%-65.7%0.500.1762.1x15065%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=94, k=0.9
10.0%-62.6%0.490.1642.1x16456%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.9
7.3%-73.9%0.380.1015.6x13260%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.2
5.7%-65.9%0.340.098.8x26656%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=31
0.8%-12.2%0.210.061.4x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
1.6%-85.8%0.210.021.9x35057%
MACD
fast=9, slow=59, signal=17
-0.3%-95.7%0.15-0.000.9x56451%
Buy and hold14.0%-93.1%0.520.15169.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -69.0% (2001-01-22 → 2009-01-22), recovered after 5,300 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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