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EnerSys backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of EnerSys. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 17.4%, MDD -50.0%).

Data 2004-08-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,535 (22.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.0%, drawdown -84.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.4%, MDD -50.0%, Sharpe 0.61, 91% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.0%p (CAGR 17.4%, MDD -50.0%, exposure 91%).

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=7, exitN=88
17.4%-50.0%0.610.3533.8x5391%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=159
9.5%-45.0%0.460.217.3x5960%
Supertrend
period=3, mult=5
9.5%-74.2%0.460.137.3x7855%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=69
8.5%-45.8%0.430.196.1x6861%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=74, k=2.1
5.7%-62.0%0.350.093.4x6637%
MACD
fast=17, slow=50, signal=19
6.0%-63.0%0.340.093.6x23450%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=28
1.3%-16.1%0.270.081.3x62%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.04
2.6%-68.1%0.240.041.8x19967%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=19, mult=4
1.5%-21.6%0.200.071.4x205%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-0.3%-67.6%0.13-0.010.9x19456%
Buy and hold13.0%-84.0%0.500.1614.8x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.0% (2021-03-17 → 2022-09-30), recovered after 1,700 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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