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Curtiss-Wright Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

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

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.9%, drawdown -70.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -49.1%, Sharpe 0.56, 58% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -69.7%, exposure 87%.

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
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.8
9.6%-49.1%0.560.2071.2x31458%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=7, exitN=67
11.4%-69.7%0.550.16148.1x19287%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.1
5.6%-41.7%0.380.1312.2x39855%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=79
5.4%-64.7%0.350.0811.3x16766%
MACD
fast=15, slow=40, signal=19
4.8%-48.8%0.330.108.8x54450%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1
4.3%-48.6%0.330.097.2x35850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
4.5%-56.3%0.320.087.7x61653%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=116
4.4%-68.4%0.310.067.4x18965%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=0.04
3.5%-69.3%0.270.054.9x42556%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=11, threshold=19
2.6%-71.4%0.230.043.3x83848%
Buy and hold12.9%-70.1%0.570.18274.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -35% -53% -70% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.1% (2014-01-22 → 2016-11-03), recovered after 3,716 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 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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