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National Beverage Corp. backtest

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

Data 1991-09-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,782 (34.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.1%, drawdown -70.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -71.3%, Sharpe 0.38, 82% 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=20, exitN=79
7.4%-71.3%0.380.1012.1x8682%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.7
5.1%-48.7%0.350.115.7x7814%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=106
6.4%-82.7%0.350.088.6x9454%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=203
4.2%-82.7%0.290.054.2x6660%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.6
3.2%-66.4%0.250.053.0x13822%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
1.2%-73.2%0.190.021.5x12248%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=17
1.6%-68.9%0.190.021.8x17025%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
0.1%-82.1%0.160.001.0x27051%
MACD
fast=19, slow=55, signal=15
-5.6%-96.0%-0.00-0.060.1x42053%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.01
-6.8%-93.1%-0.04-0.070.1x45653%
Buy and hold10.1%-70.6%0.440.1428.8x1100%
1x 10x 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% -18% -36% -53% -71% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -71.3% (2021-01-27 → 2026-06-29), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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