SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

Fossil Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fossil Group, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -77.2%).

Data 1993-04-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,385 (33.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.4%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.0%, MDD -81.3%, Sharpe 0.43, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 6.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.1%p (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -77.2%, exposure 54%).

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=105, exitN=99
10.0%-81.3%0.430.1224.3x3356%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=98
8.6%-88.5%0.400.1015.7x5352%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.8
8.8%-77.2%0.400.1116.6x9654%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=159
8.2%-90.2%0.390.0913.7x6252%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=0
6.9%-89.0%0.370.089.2x23152%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=12
3.5%-93.0%0.290.043.1x23441%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.8
3.6%-78.3%0.290.053.2x18738%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=1.5
1.8%-87.0%0.250.021.8x20340%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
-2.7%-98.2%0.19-0.030.4x66749%
MACD
fast=15, slow=47, signal=21
-5.4%-99.0%0.13-0.060.2x38351%
Buy and hold3.4%-99.4%0.380.033.0x1100%
1x 10x 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -81.3% (2012-04-09 → 2018-02-05), recovered after 3,215 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 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.
Re-run the same setupMore US assetsAll asset reports

Read next