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Twin Disc, Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Twin Disc, Incorporated. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -42.5%).

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

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.7%, drawdown -90.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -65.5%, Sharpe 0.44, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 5.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.7%p (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -42.5%, exposure 12%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=169, threshold=-0.07
9.1%-65.5%0.440.1456.6x20163%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=5
8.4%-75.3%0.420.1142.7x23556%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=61
8.7%-72.7%0.410.1247.7x16371%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=65, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
5.7%-58.2%0.380.1013.3x12729%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=2.1
6.0%-55.4%0.370.1114.8x16730%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=29
3.8%-42.5%0.350.095.6x9612%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=56
5.5%-70.3%0.330.0812.1x28551%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=96
4.8%-73.9%0.310.079.0x13551%
MACD
fast=17, slow=50, signal=18
0.5%-91.3%0.160.011.3x51050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.16
-2.3%-95.5%0.06-0.020.3x82948%
Buy and hold3.7%-90.3%0.300.045.5x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -65.5% (2021-08-04 → 2023-04-06), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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