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VSE Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of VSE Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1982-10-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,030 (43.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.2%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.3%, MDD -77.2%, Sharpe 0.46, 57% 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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=266
11.3%-77.2%0.460.15107.3x3557%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=67, slow=228
9.0%-79.8%0.410.1143.5x4757%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=133, exitN=70
6.8%-69.4%0.360.1017.6x5344%
ROC 모멘텀
n=226, threshold=-0.03
4.2%-88.6%0.300.055.9x28561%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=32
1.4%-32.6%0.180.041.8x145%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
-1.5%-98.0%0.16-0.020.5x64249%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.4
-2.2%-83.6%-0.03-0.030.4x869%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
-9.9%-99.9%-0.05-0.100.0x25756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=27, mult=4
-7.2%-97.8%-0.12-0.070.0x15226%
MACD
fast=24, slow=59, signal=23
-14.0%-99.9%-0.19-0.140.0x44451%
Buy and hold14.2%-76.6%0.510.19336.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -77% 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -77.2% (2007-10-15 → 2010-06-09), recovered after 5,141 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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