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Arcosa, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arcosa, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2018-11-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,943 (7.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.0%, drawdown -36.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 17.6%, MDD -35.5%, Sharpe 0.65, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=52, threshold=-0.11
17.6%-35.5%0.650.503.5x5985%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=45
16.1%-28.0%0.630.573.2x2577%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=194
12.9%-48.0%0.540.272.6x970%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.8
11.9%-46.0%0.540.262.4x2564%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=139
9.6%-45.6%0.440.212.0x1175%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
7.8%-52.0%0.400.151.8x9957%
MACD
fast=13, slow=15, signal=10
5.1%-58.0%0.320.091.5x15647%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=2.2
-0.5%-45.4%0.07-0.011.0x6825%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.5
-4.1%-54.4%-0.06-0.070.7x6747%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=30
-0.3%-5.5%-0.17-0.051.0x21%
Buy and hold23.0%-36.8%0.720.635.0x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -28% -37% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -35.5% (2020-02-13 → 2020-05-22), recovered after 285 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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