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Delta Air Lines, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Delta Air Lines, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2007-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,842 (19.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.7%, drawdown -81.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -70.1%, Sharpe 0.39, 81% exposure.

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=14, exitN=59
8.1%-70.1%0.390.124.5x6381%
MACD
fast=18, slow=28, signal=18
6.4%-67.0%0.350.103.3x22251%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=26
4.1%-77.2%0.290.052.2x19654%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0.06
4.1%-63.4%0.280.062.2x16147%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=2.4
2.9%-43.9%0.240.071.7x11224%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.8
2.0%-72.8%0.230.031.5x6957%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=132
1.7%-76.9%0.200.021.4x3958%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
1.1%-73.8%0.190.011.2x38754%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=19
1.4%-40.3%0.180.031.3x269%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=30, mult=2.7
1.2%-31.9%0.160.041.3x5412%
Buy and hold7.7%-81.7%0.400.094.2x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -70.1% (2007-07-19 → 2009-06-23), recovered after 2,191 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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