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Brunswick Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Brunswick Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -71.5%).

Data 1981-12-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,235 (44.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.2%, drawdown -96.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -85.4%, Sharpe 0.45, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.6%p (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -71.5%, exposure 56%).

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=9, exitN=70
10.4%-85.4%0.450.1283.7x15185%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=85
7.1%-71.5%0.390.1021.4x21956%
MACD
fast=32, slow=59, signal=27
7.3%-79.9%0.390.0923.4x31852%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=53
6.9%-73.1%0.380.0919.8x19957%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.8
6.8%-81.6%0.370.0818.8x23256%
ROC 모멘텀
n=87, threshold=0.13
5.2%-61.2%0.330.099.6x40833%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.7
4.9%-68.1%0.320.078.5x23439%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
5.0%-75.5%0.310.078.7x38554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.1
4.2%-57.3%0.300.076.2x15031%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=24
3.4%-42.3%0.290.084.5x16618%
Buy and hold8.2%-96.0%0.400.0933.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -85.4% (1999-01-27 → 2009-03-06), recovered after 4,060 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.
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