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Flexsteel Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Flexsteel Industries, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -67.5%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.2%, drawdown -87.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -67.5%, Sharpe 0.36, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.7%p (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -67.5%, exposure 51%).

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
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.8
6.8%-67.5%0.360.1021.3x12151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.3
3.9%-47.5%0.310.085.8x7415%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=8, mult=4
3.3%-43.0%0.290.084.5x6314%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=78
4.0%-72.4%0.290.066.2x12767%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=77
4.1%-84.1%0.280.056.3x24751%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=146
3.5%-66.9%0.260.054.9x7155%
MACD
fast=53, slow=71, signal=35
2.9%-88.9%0.250.033.7x25151%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=33
2.1%-40.7%0.230.052.6x4610%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
1.2%-90.4%0.190.011.7x51952%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=0.14
-4.4%-98.8%-0.06-0.040.1x40330%
Buy and hold7.2%-87.2%0.380.0825.3x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -67.5% (1993-06-07 → 2009-04-17), recovered after 6,414 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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