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Dana Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Dana Incorporated. 10 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 15.7%, MDD -51.8%).

Data 2008-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,674 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.6%, drawdown -98.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 21.2%, MDD -53.5%, Sharpe 0.72, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 17.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.0%p (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -51.8%, exposure 46%).

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=117, exitN=70
21.2%-53.5%0.720.4035.5x1839%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=13
19.4%-59.8%0.650.3227.0x9830%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=0.01
18.6%-76.1%0.610.2423.9x22452%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=43
18.8%-61.5%0.610.3124.4x10453%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=129
16.3%-68.9%0.600.2416.5x3451%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=3.8
16.7%-70.7%0.560.2417.6x9052%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=15, mult=1.1
15.7%-51.8%0.560.3015.1x13246%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=1
12.6%-65.7%0.490.199.1x14444%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
9.6%-78.5%0.420.125.4x23351%
MACD
fast=17, slow=45, signal=18
4.4%-74.7%0.320.062.2x22352%
Buy and hold3.6%-98.6%0.390.041.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -53.5% (2021-06-03 → 2025-04-08), recovered after 1,636 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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