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Ford Motor Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ford Motor Company. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.3%, MDD -72.5%).

Data 1972-06-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,654 (54.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.6%, drawdown -96.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.6%, MDD -81.7%, Sharpe 0.41, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.8%p (CAGR 4.3%, MDD -72.5%, exposure 34%).

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=24, exitN=39
7.6%-81.7%0.410.0952.0x19361%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.7
5.1%-81.6%0.330.0615.2x18851%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=214
4.8%-72.9%0.320.0712.6x9747%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2
4.3%-72.5%0.310.0610.0x21234%
ROC 모멘텀
n=85, threshold=0.12
3.8%-77.0%0.290.057.4x42129%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=158
3.6%-76.2%0.270.056.7x9948%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.7
2.7%-67.5%0.230.044.2x29540%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=17
2.2%-54.1%0.230.043.3x12616%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
0.8%-65.3%0.160.011.6x45351%
MACD
fast=24, slow=42, signal=9
-3.1%-94.9%0.01-0.030.2x75151%
Buy and hold3.6%-96.6%0.280.046.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -97% 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -81.7% (1999-05-03 → 2009-03-16), recovered after 3,902 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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