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Dillard's, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Dillard's, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.3%, MDD -65.1%).

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 16.1%, drawdown -94.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 14.3%, MDD -70.6%, Sharpe 0.58, 53% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 14.3%, MDD -65.1%, exposure 60%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.9%p (CAGR 14.3%, MDD -65.1%, exposure 60%).

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=16, mult=4.8
14.3%-70.6%0.580.20491.3x18053%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=210
14.3%-71.3%0.570.20492.7x10861%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=124
14.3%-65.1%0.570.22497.8x11660%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=67, exitN=43
11.5%-71.6%0.510.16155.4x11650%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.2
11.3%-74.9%0.510.15144.7x25947%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.7
10.0%-76.3%0.490.1382.9x19640%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=0.01
10.8%-82.6%0.480.13117.6x53057%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=15
8.3%-72.5%0.420.1140.3x37641%
MACD
fast=31, slow=57, signal=22
8.4%-89.0%0.410.0942.8x37151%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
6.1%-80.8%0.340.0815.3x37753%
Buy and hold16.1%-94.5%0.550.171003.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 EMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -70.6% (2006-07-03 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,247 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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