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Donaldson Company, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Donaldson Company, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 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 12.6%, drawdown -59.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -66.5%, Sharpe 0.47, 92% 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=5, exitN=71
9.3%-66.5%0.470.1463.1x16592%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=-0.12
7.9%-61.8%0.430.1333.7x16789%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=212
6.0%-56.6%0.380.1114.8x7268%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=196
5.7%-59.4%0.360.1013.1x6373%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=2.8
4.4%-66.8%0.320.077.5x40556%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
3.7%-75.7%0.280.055.5x56155%
MACD
fast=17, slow=27, signal=20
2.9%-79.2%0.240.043.8x58751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=13, mult=1.8
2.4%-59.9%0.220.043.1x30345%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=2.1
2.2%-62.0%0.220.042.7x31932%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=31
-0.2%-72.9%0.04-0.000.9x24816%
Buy and hold12.6%-59.8%0.560.21243.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.5% (2007-12-06 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,520 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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