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Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 3.1%, MDD -71.2%).

Data 1994-10-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,991 (31.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.1%, drawdown -93.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.9%, MDD -82.9%, Sharpe 0.34, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.0%p (CAGR 3.1%, MDD -71.2%, exposure 29%).

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=107, exitN=89
5.9%-82.9%0.340.076.2x3751%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=152
5.6%-77.8%0.330.075.6x6753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=-0.03
3.9%-93.1%0.290.043.4x25958%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=145
3.5%-91.5%0.270.042.9x9553%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.2
3.1%-71.2%0.250.042.6x15229%
MACD
fast=11, slow=48, signal=19
2.1%-83.0%0.240.031.9x42650%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.1
2.7%-74.4%0.240.042.4x14430%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.2
-0.2%-92.3%0.18-0.000.9x13650%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=20
-0.1%-88.1%0.13-0.001.0x29426%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.18
-5.0%-91.8%0.05-0.050.2x53248%
Buy and hold4.1%-93.9%0.350.043.6x1100%
0.1 1x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -82.9% (1995-09-11 → 2009-05-14), recovered after 6,867 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 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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