Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

Arrow Electronics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arrow Electronics, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -71.9%).

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 8.5%, drawdown -90.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.5%, MDD -75.0%, Sharpe 0.43, 80% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.4%p (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -71.9%, exposure 58%).

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=14, exitN=65
9.5%-75.0%0.430.1366.3x15380%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=68, slow=83
7.3%-71.9%0.390.1026.3x7558%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=241
6.0%-69.4%0.350.0914.6x8355%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
6.0%-63.5%0.340.0915.0x17859%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=74, k=2.6
4.6%-57.0%0.320.088.0x8626%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=0.01
2.5%-79.6%0.230.033.1x40755%
MACD
fast=31, slow=72, signal=26
1.5%-70.8%0.200.022.0x32253%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
1.0%-70.5%0.170.011.6x39453%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=7
0.8%-86.5%0.160.011.4x60354%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.5
-0.0%-85.2%0.10-0.001.0x16230%
Buy and hold8.5%-90.4%0.400.0944.2x1100%
1x 10x 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% -23% -45% -68% -90% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -75.0% (1980-12-05 → 1982-08-13), recovered after 3,955 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 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.
Re-optimize the same period and setupAll asset reports

Read next