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Clean Harbors, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1987-11-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,743 (38.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.6%, drawdown -95.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -97.7%, Sharpe 0.37, 80% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -89.9%, exposure 56%.

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=24, exitN=82
6.0%-97.7%0.370.069.5x8580%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=96
6.0%-89.9%0.340.079.7x9956%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.6
1.8%-97.4%0.240.022.0x12355%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=48
1.8%-92.6%0.240.022.0x16556%
MACD
fast=24, slow=61, signal=46
-2.6%-98.2%0.15-0.030.4x27150%
ROC 모멘텀
n=100, threshold=0.03
-1.6%-97.5%0.15-0.020.5x40153%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=1.2
-1.2%-93.4%0.15-0.010.6x25943%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=16
-1.1%-95.3%0.14-0.010.6x22837%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-3.2%-96.2%0.13-0.030.3x30751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.8
-2.4%-89.4%0.02-0.030.4x15025%
Buy and hold11.6%-95.5%0.480.1269.2x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -97.7% (1988-10-20 → 1999-11-22), recovered after 7,089 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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