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Caleres, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Caleres, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -45.9%).

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

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.0%, drawdown -94.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -67.3%, Sharpe 0.39, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 4.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.0%p (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -45.9%, exposure 20%).

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
Supertrend
period=27, mult=5
7.7%-67.3%0.390.1131.1x13758%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=2.9
4.4%-45.9%0.340.107.4x10020%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=57, exitN=75
5.7%-80.2%0.330.0712.9x8761%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.4
4.5%-56.3%0.310.087.5x22633%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=19
3.7%-64.1%0.310.065.4x13018%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=53
4.1%-72.9%0.280.066.4x14855%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=111
3.4%-68.1%0.260.054.7x13254%
MACD
fast=23, slow=58, signal=17
3.2%-72.9%0.260.044.3x44950%
ROC 모멘텀
n=48, threshold=-0.09
2.5%-84.9%0.240.033.1x49774%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-2.0%-96.6%0.09-0.020.4x37853%
Buy and hold3.0%-94.3%0.300.033.9x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -67.3% (2007-02-09 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 1,075 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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