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Costco Wholesale Corporation backtest

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

Data 1986-07-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,093 (40.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.8%, drawdown -61.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -66.9%, Sharpe 0.39, 80% 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=14, exitN=50
7.1%-66.9%0.390.1115.4x13380%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=64
6.5%-44.4%0.390.1512.6x12066%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=112
6.4%-49.6%0.390.1311.9x11466%
ROC 모멘텀
n=135, threshold=-0.04
5.8%-50.3%0.350.129.7x24177%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
4.0%-61.5%0.290.064.7x12460%
MACD
fast=16, slow=55, signal=12
0.8%-76.0%0.140.011.4x52551%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=0.9
0.6%-64.0%0.130.011.3x31652%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.9
0.3%-62.9%0.110.001.1x25446%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-0.9%-81.8%0.07-0.010.7x34856%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=33
0.0%-7.7%0.010.001.0x61%
Buy and hold11.8%-61.7%0.510.1986.1x1100%
1x 10x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.9% (2000-05-01 → 2003-03-11), recovered after 5,390 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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