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CSX Corporation backtest

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

Data 1980-11-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,527 (45.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.2%, drawdown -69.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -64.8%, Sharpe 0.49, 92% 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=8, exitN=113
10.2%-64.8%0.490.1684.8x9592%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=104
6.6%-56.6%0.400.1218.6x11363%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=201
6.0%-48.1%0.370.1214.4x6168%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=-0.04
3.9%-64.6%0.280.065.7x35373%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.1
3.6%-59.2%0.270.065.1x20762%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.7
1.6%-43.6%0.200.042.1x9320%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=34
0.7%-12.5%0.160.051.3x102%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
1.3%-78.5%0.160.021.8x40157%
MACD
fast=17, slow=36, signal=24
0.6%-72.9%0.130.011.3x49352%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
0.1%-4.7%0.100.021.1x20%
Buy and hold11.2%-69.7%0.500.16128.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -70% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.8% (1997-07-31 → 2000-10-18), recovered after 3,184 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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