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LSI Industries Inc. backtest

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

Data 1985-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,427 (41.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.5%, drawdown -89.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 3.2%, MDD -28.7%, Sharpe 0.34, 7% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -82.0%, exposure 57%.

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=28, threshold=34
3.2%-28.7%0.340.113.7x307%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=320
5.4%-82.0%0.330.078.9x3957%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=44
2.1%-96.5%0.270.022.4x23585%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=135
3.1%-88.1%0.260.043.6x6157%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=2.3
0.6%-93.3%0.190.011.3x34454%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=24, k=2.9
1.9%-52.0%0.190.042.1x13816%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
0.5%-98.6%0.190.011.2x76050%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=-0.08
-3.1%-96.4%0.10-0.030.3x39766%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.7
-1.5%-77.5%0.04-0.020.5x15827%
MACD
fast=18, slow=59, signal=24
-6.3%-98.1%-0.01-0.060.1x38650%
Buy and hold5.5%-89.0%0.360.069.0x1100%
1x 10x 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -28.7% (1986-03-20 → 1986-07-29), recovered after 2,500 days.

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.
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