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Seneca Foods Corp. backtest

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

Data 1998-06-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,084 (28.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -51.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.8%, MDD -63.2%, Sharpe 0.31, 85% 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=31, exitN=172
4.8%-63.2%0.310.083.8x3785%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=208
2.9%-78.0%0.240.042.2x4159%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=127
1.5%-81.7%0.200.021.5x5160%
ROC 모멘텀
n=69, threshold=-0.1
-2.6%-91.2%0.10-0.030.5x27783%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=22
0.2%-38.2%0.080.011.1x329%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-7.5%-95.1%-0.13-0.080.1x22949%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.1
-2.7%-66.7%-0.15-0.040.5x548%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=5
-7.7%-95.4%-0.16-0.080.1x12750%
MACD
fast=20, slow=59, signal=22
-10.3%-97.9%-0.23-0.110.0x29851%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.9
-3.6%-66.4%-0.35-0.050.4x545%
Buy and hold8.6%-51.3%0.410.1710.3x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -47% -63% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.2% (2009-07-01 → 2019-08-12), recovered after 5,623 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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