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Helen of Troy Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Helen of Troy Limited. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.5%, MDD -64.1%).

Data 1976-07-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 12,620 (50.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.3%, drawdown -94.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.5%, MDD -64.1%, Sharpe 0.50, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.6%p (CAGR 12.5%, MDD -64.1%, exposure 57%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=248
12.5%-64.1%0.500.20369.4x7357%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=143
11.2%-66.0%0.470.17203.1x7157%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=30, exitN=64
10.5%-87.9%0.450.12147.4x12565%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=13
10.6%-84.0%0.450.13157.2x33453%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1.2
9.2%-68.0%0.430.1380.9x31844%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.2
8.7%-80.6%0.410.1166.3x18554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.8
8.2%-64.9%0.410.1352.1x23839%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
7.3%-72.4%0.370.1033.5x37054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=35, threshold=-0.04
6.3%-87.6%0.350.0721.3x68166%
MACD
fast=16, slow=45, signal=18
1.9%-84.6%0.220.022.6x56452%
Buy and hold9.3%-94.7%0.420.1085.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1977 1984 1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1977 1984 1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -64.1% (1998-07-21 → 2001-04-06), recovered after 1,098 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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