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American Express Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of American Express Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1972-06-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,654 (54.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -84.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.3%, MDD -65.1%, Sharpe 0.33, 68% 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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=228
5.3%-65.1%0.330.0816.2x6768%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=116, exitN=57
4.5%-58.8%0.330.0811.0x9247%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=196
4.3%-62.0%0.300.079.6x10363%
ROC 모멘텀
n=118, threshold=-0.08
4.1%-65.4%0.290.069.0x34177%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=3.7
1.6%-75.6%0.180.022.4x30859%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=39
0.1%-2.2%0.170.061.1x20%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.8
0.8%-69.1%0.140.011.6x31049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.7
0.5%-61.2%0.120.011.3x27242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-2.4%-89.7%0.00-0.030.3x48256%
MACD
fast=14, slow=53, signal=19
-6.6%-98.0%-0.18-0.070.0x68650%
Buy and hold8.7%-84.3%0.410.1090.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -65.1% (1975-06-19 → 1980-10-30), recovered after 3,906 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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