SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

FRP Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FRP Holdings, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1986-07-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,097 (40.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.5%, drawdown -61.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.9%, MDD -13.0%, Sharpe 0.23, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 1.8%, MDD -58.2%, exposure 59%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=38
0.9%-13.0%0.230.071.4x41%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=201
1.8%-58.2%0.210.032.0x6359%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=211
0.3%-65.3%0.160.001.1x6459%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=64, exitN=77
-4.1%-86.4%0.01-0.050.2x9359%
ROC 모멘텀
n=135, threshold=-0.07
-7.0%-95.7%-0.04-0.070.1x37573%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=3.5
-1.8%-69.0%-0.05-0.030.5x5614%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-8.2%-98.3%-0.13-0.080.0x29450%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
-13.9%-99.8%-0.31-0.140.0x22155%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
-8.6%-97.4%-0.38-0.090.0x13618%
MACD
fast=24, slow=31, signal=38
-16.5%-100.0%-0.44-0.160.0x45050%
Buy and hold6.5%-61.5%0.360.1112.7x1100%
1x 10x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -15% -31% -46% -62% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -13.0% (1987-02-12 → 1987-03-04), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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