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Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -38.9%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.7%, drawdown -77.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.9%, MDD -38.9%, Sharpe 0.28, 66% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.7%p (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -38.9%, exposure 66%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=103
2.9%-38.9%0.280.073.8x5566%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=219
2.4%-41.7%0.240.063.1x6362%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=110
2.1%-48.3%0.220.042.6x7163%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=46, threshold=29
0.2%-6.1%0.140.031.1x21%
ROC 모멘텀
n=111, threshold=-0.03
-0.4%-69.1%0.04-0.010.8x34571%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.6
-1.0%-63.3%-0.01-0.020.6x17454%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.3
-0.3%-24.2%-0.09-0.010.9x101%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
-0.7%-35.2%-0.16-0.020.7x202%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-5.0%-92.1%-0.29-0.050.1x57256%
MACD
fast=24, slow=56, signal=22
-5.0%-92.9%-0.32-0.050.1x45252%
Buy and hold2.7%-77.6%0.230.033.4x1100%
1x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -78% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.9% (1986-10-31 → 1990-08-24), recovered after 4,162 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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