Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Werner Enterprises, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Werner Enterprises, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1986-06-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,105 (40.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.4%, drawdown -54.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -61.3%, Sharpe 0.32, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.09
5.4%-61.3%0.320.098.1x45100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=217
1.8%-64.3%0.200.032.1x5758%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=63, slow=133
-0.2%-77.3%0.13-0.000.9x7359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=59
-2.1%-90.4%0.09-0.020.4x15783%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3.2
-0.3%-55.3%0.02-0.010.9x366%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
-3.2%-81.1%0.00-0.040.3x11454%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=30
-0.0%-10.2%-0.01-0.001.0x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.5
-0.5%-23.2%-0.14-0.020.8x121%
MACD
fast=18, slow=46, signal=18
-11.1%-99.6%-0.35-0.110.0x51651%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.28
-14.3%-99.9%-0.49-0.140.0x129652%
Buy and hold6.4%-54.3%0.350.1212.1x1100%
1x 10x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -61% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -61.3% (1998-04-15 → 2000-10-18), recovered after 1,384 days.

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 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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