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Landstar System, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Landstar System, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1993-03-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,409 (33.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.0%, drawdown -53.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -61.2%, Sharpe 0.46, 86% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=75
9.6%-61.2%0.460.1621.7x7586%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=135
8.0%-45.4%0.430.1812.9x7164%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=150
6.6%-49.6%0.370.138.4x5371%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.11
5.8%-66.9%0.340.096.5x19787%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=33
1.6%-15.5%0.260.101.7x22%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
3.2%-65.4%0.250.052.9x9060%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=2.9
-0.7%-43.9%0.01-0.020.8x6016%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.7
-1.6%-61.2%0.00-0.030.6x13834%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-3.5%-92.6%-0.03-0.040.3x30657%
MACD
fast=23, slow=57, signal=21
-4.5%-89.7%-0.09-0.050.2x34451%
Buy and hold15.0%-53.3%0.580.28107.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 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% -15% -31% -46% -61% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.2% (2021-05-10 → 2025-11-20), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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