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The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -61.1%).

Data 2011-07-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,774 (15.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.4%, drawdown -91.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.0%, MDD -61.1%, Sharpe 0.56, 82% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.1%p (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -61.1%, exposure 82%).

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=76
16.0%-61.1%0.560.269.2x3982%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.08
13.6%-62.5%0.530.226.8x10171%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=3.5
4.9%-19.6%0.460.252.1x117%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=2.1
8.8%-64.3%0.420.143.6x15158%
MACD
fast=8, slow=27, signal=8
8.7%-49.7%0.410.173.5x32551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
4.5%-27.5%0.390.161.9x179%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=100
7.9%-62.7%0.390.133.1x5558%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=217
5.3%-73.1%0.320.072.2x2362%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=15
5.0%-46.8%0.320.112.1x12338%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.22
4.6%-58.4%0.300.082.0x36754%
Buy and hold13.4%-91.3%0.510.156.6x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -68% -91% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.1% (2014-01-02 → 2016-02-11), recovered after 1,645 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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