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Western Digital Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Western Digital Corporation. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 16.8%, MDD -70.7%).

Data 1978-10-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 12,035 (47.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.5%, drawdown -96.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.9%, MDD -81.7%, Sharpe 0.58, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.5%p (CAGR 16.8%, MDD -70.7%, exposure 55%).

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
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
16.9%-81.7%0.580.211708.7x15251%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=82
16.8%-70.7%0.570.241647.0x19355%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=48, exitN=41
15.0%-79.5%0.540.19783.0x11952%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=179
13.9%-85.1%0.530.16496.5x10756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=60, atrPeriod=7, mult=4
10.5%-61.6%0.520.17115.2x10425%
ROC 모멘텀
n=120, threshold=0.03
12.4%-84.3%0.490.15269.2x36752%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=18
11.9%-78.4%0.490.15212.5x50638%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.3
10.1%-70.4%0.460.14100.9x28229%
MACD
fast=16, slow=34, signal=16
9.0%-81.7%0.410.1160.9x61051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
7.8%-81.5%0.390.1035.7x39252%
Buy and hold14.5%-96.2%0.520.15637.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1979 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1979 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -81.7% (1997-08-20 → 2001-10-29), recovered after 4,348 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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