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Adient plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Adient plc. 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 1.8%, MDD -10.9%).

Data 2016-10-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,460 (9.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -8.4%, drawdown -92.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -24.2%, Sharpe 0.47, 17% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 16.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 68.2%p (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -10.9%, exposure 5%).

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=70, threshold=0.24
7.7%-24.2%0.470.322.1x6817%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.3
4.9%-17.7%0.420.281.6x288%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
6.7%-60.8%0.360.111.9x2442%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=3.1
3.3%-27.3%0.320.121.4x65%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=34
1.8%-10.9%0.270.161.2x85%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=41
-2.0%-65.8%0.15-0.030.8x3657%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=65
-5.0%-85.0%0.07-0.060.6x4242%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=73, slow=218
-2.9%-62.5%0.04-0.050.8x1235%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-12.8%-89.0%-0.19-0.140.3x9245%
MACD
fast=9, slow=27, signal=15
-16.2%-90.4%-0.24-0.180.2x18351%
Buy and hold-8.4%-92.4%0.15-0.090.4x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -24.2% (2021-06-03 → 2022-01-19), recovered after 1,490 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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