Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

Alliant Energy Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alliant Energy Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -46.9%).

Data 1973-02-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,474 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.1%, drawdown -60.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 3.9%, MDD -46.9%, Sharpe 0.33, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.5%, MDD -63.8%, exposure 100%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.8%p (CAGR 3.9%, MDD -46.9%, exposure 62%).

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=62, slow=213
3.9%-46.9%0.330.087.8x7362%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=3, threshold=-0.1
4.5%-63.8%0.320.0710.5x21100%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=207
3.3%-54.5%0.290.065.5x7164%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=41, exitN=77
1.5%-58.9%0.170.022.2x10969%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=20
0.1%-33.1%0.050.001.0x13814%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.6
-1.4%-75.3%-0.02-0.020.5x26258%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=23, mult=4
-0.3%-36.8%-0.04-0.010.9x445%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-2.0%-75.9%-0.07-0.030.3x44854%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=2.8
-0.4%-39.5%-0.08-0.010.8x824%
MACD
fast=16, slow=31, signal=24
-4.1%-90.9%-0.23-0.050.1x65251%
Buy and hold5.1%-60.7%0.340.0814.0x1100%
1x 10x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 ROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -46.9% (1977-01-04 → 1981-08-26), recovered after 3,046 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 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.
Re-optimize the same period and setupAll asset reports

Read next