Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1994-04-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,133 (32.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.3%, drawdown -69.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -67.6%, Sharpe 0.53, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.14
12.9%-67.6%0.530.1950.3x7100%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3
9.3%-52.2%0.480.1817.6x18260%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=84
8.7%-74.8%0.430.1214.6x8191%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=233
4.7%-57.2%0.310.084.3x4164%
MACD
fast=21, slow=55, signal=13
4.0%-46.7%0.290.093.6x35250%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=206
3.9%-70.1%0.290.063.5x6368%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
3.7%-51.4%0.280.073.3x28056%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1
2.5%-62.3%0.230.042.2x20051%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.3
1.1%-67.0%0.170.021.4x24249%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=30
-1.1%-57.3%-0.04-0.020.7x144%
Buy and hold13.3%-69.3%0.540.1957.0x1100%
1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -67.6% (1995-05-16 → 1995-12-12), recovered after 3,718 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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