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Churchill Downs, Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Churchill Downs, Incorporated. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1993-03-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,393 (33.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -62.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -62.9%, Sharpe 0.41, 66% 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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=80, slow=412
8.1%-62.9%0.410.1313.3x2266%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=69, slow=224
3.1%-73.3%0.250.042.7x4464%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
2.4%-65.2%0.220.042.2x26052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=29
1.2%-19.1%0.220.061.5x123%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=155, exitN=98
2.1%-67.4%0.210.032.0x3451%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.2
1.0%-76.4%0.170.011.4x19054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=188, threshold=-0.06
-2.5%-89.8%0.06-0.030.4x28074%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.9
-1.6%-67.4%-0.05-0.020.6x7218%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=6, mult=2.7
-2.2%-76.3%-0.06-0.030.5x13027%
MACD
fast=13, slow=58, signal=17
-5.1%-96.2%-0.07-0.050.2x46950%
Buy and hold8.6%-62.9%0.410.1415.5x1100%
1x 10x 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -63% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -62.9% (2020-02-19 → 2020-03-18), recovered after 166 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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