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CSW Industrials, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CSW Industrials, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 18.5%, MDD -31.1%).

Data 2015-09-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,724 (10.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.3%, drawdown -46.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 18.5%, MDD -31.1%, Sharpe 0.89, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 5.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.2%p (CAGR 18.5%, MDD -31.1%, exposure 52%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=9
18.5%-31.1%0.890.606.3x9152%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=43, exitN=31
17.6%-24.4%0.860.725.8x2954%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=4.6
16.6%-33.1%0.830.505.3x2757%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1.7
14.9%-22.2%0.830.674.5x4944%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=222
18.3%-46.2%0.770.406.2x1569%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.6
12.1%-18.9%0.730.643.4x3440%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=49
12.6%-41.8%0.620.303.6x3761%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=0.02
12.2%-37.8%0.620.323.5x7158%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
8.3%-38.7%0.460.222.4x9358%
MACD
fast=15, slow=58, signal=10
1.2%-44.3%0.160.031.1x16749%
Buy and hold24.3%-46.3%0.840.5210.6x1100%
1x 10x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -31.1% (2022-08-12 → 2023-03-17), recovered after 517 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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