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American Water Works Company, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of American Water Works Company, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2008-04-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,597 (18.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -39.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -22.8%, Sharpe 0.51, 51% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -41.2%, exposure 72%.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=125, exitN=59
5.7%-22.8%0.510.252.8x2251%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=198
7.0%-41.2%0.470.173.5x1872%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=94
6.8%-47.3%0.460.143.3x5263%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.6
1.9%-21.2%0.250.091.4x5128%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=2.7
1.8%-35.5%0.190.051.4x12965%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.04
0.5%-62.8%0.120.011.1x13777%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.8
0.3%-35.2%0.080.011.1x6837%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-0.5%-40.3%0.05-0.010.9x17759%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=28
0.1%-4.4%0.040.011.0x62%
MACD
fast=16, slow=24, signal=20
-1.5%-53.7%-0.02-0.030.8x24350%
Buy and hold10.8%-39.7%0.560.276.5x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -10% -21% -31% -41% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -22.8% (2019-09-03 → 2024-11-07), prior peak not yet recovered.

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.
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