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Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -28.2%).

Data 2005-11-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,209 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -9.5%, drawdown -98.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.8%, MDD -76.0%, Sharpe 0.29, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.6%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -28.2%, exposure 2%).

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=23, exitN=54
2.8%-76.0%0.290.041.8x5365%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
1.8%-78.4%0.250.021.4x4555%
ROC 모멘텀
n=153, threshold=-0.02
1.6%-72.2%0.230.021.4x14550%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=181
1.6%-80.5%0.220.021.4x3946%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=183
0.7%-80.8%0.200.011.2x4548%
MACD
fast=15, slow=47, signal=19
-3.7%-84.6%0.15-0.040.5x22650%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=3
-0.4%-42.2%0.07-0.010.9x507%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=37
-0.0%-28.2%0.03-0.001.0x122%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.28
-9.5%-97.2%-0.01-0.100.1x43850%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=20, mult=3
-5.6%-85.1%-0.07-0.070.3x6128%
Buy and hold-9.5%-98.6%0.17-0.100.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -76.0% (2007-04-26 → 2009-05-28), recovered after 1,771 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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