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Dolby Laboratories backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Dolby Laboratories. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 4.1%, MDD -41.4%).

Data 2005-02-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,396 (21.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.2%, drawdown -62.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.1%, MDD -41.4%, Sharpe 0.32, 33% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.8%p (CAGR 4.1%, MDD -41.4%, exposure 33%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=84, threshold=0.08
4.1%-41.4%0.320.102.3x17433%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=114
3.7%-52.4%0.280.072.2x4851%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=84, exitN=40
2.8%-51.7%0.240.051.8x4036%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.9
2.1%-22.7%0.240.091.6x3215%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=118
2.2%-47.6%0.210.051.6x4452%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
2.2%-46.2%0.210.051.6x6050%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=25
1.5%-23.0%0.200.071.4x5414%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.2
1.0%-28.7%0.150.041.2x3217%
MACD
fast=14, slow=43, signal=17
-4.0%-76.3%-0.07-0.050.4x26750%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-5.1%-74.8%-0.13-0.070.3x17354%
Buy and hold4.2%-62.2%0.290.072.4x1100%
1x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -62% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -41.4% (2018-01-25 → 2020-10-26), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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