Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Powell Industries, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -93.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.3%, MDD -94.6%, Sharpe 0.40, 75% 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=23, exitN=70
8.3%-94.6%0.400.0940.4x12675%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=76, slow=92
7.5%-86.2%0.380.0928.6x8754%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=192
7.5%-84.2%0.380.0928.1x7553%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.8
4.8%-93.6%0.310.058.7x20651%
MACD
fast=41, slow=54, signal=40
4.6%-89.6%0.310.058.2x27851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=25
3.2%-63.8%0.250.054.3x4814%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
-0.3%-97.6%0.20-0.000.9x72048%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.5
1.8%-78.4%0.190.022.3x10017%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3.5
1.6%-63.7%0.180.022.1x768%
ROC 모멘텀
n=68, threshold=-0.02
-3.2%-99.7%0.14-0.030.2x67060%
Buy and hold12.2%-93.7%0.490.13207.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -94.6% (1980-11-20 → 1988-01-27), recovered after 12,157 days.

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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