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Dollar General Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Dollar General Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -29.1%).

Data 2009-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,202 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -73.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -29.1%, Sharpe 0.54, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -39.8%, exposure 81%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.6%p (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -29.1%, exposure 62%).

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=10, mult=3.8
9.2%-29.1%0.540.324.4x7362%
ROC 모멘텀
n=78, threshold=-0.09
10.2%-39.8%0.520.265.1x9781%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=168
8.9%-32.8%0.500.274.2x2269%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=92
8.2%-37.5%0.480.223.7x4463%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=64
8.9%-42.6%0.470.214.2x4582%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=0.7
2.8%-49.1%0.240.061.6x13354%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=9
2.6%-50.5%0.230.051.5x22358%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.08
0.8%-64.7%0.150.011.1x24655%
MACD
fast=14, slow=54, signal=11
0.6%-62.3%0.140.011.1x22751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=27, mult=0.9
0.7%-45.7%0.130.021.1x16953%
Buy and hold10.8%-73.7%0.500.155.6x1100%
1x 10x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -29.1% (2018-01-29 → 2020-04-07), recovered after 1,431 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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