Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Graco Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Graco Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

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 14.2%, drawdown -70.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -54.7%, Sharpe 0.50, 73% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=20, exitN=54
9.2%-54.7%0.500.1759.5x14573%
ROC 모멘텀
n=45, threshold=-0.09
8.6%-54.5%0.450.1645.6x33785%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.9
6.4%-46.0%0.450.1417.6x18541%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.5
7.0%-49.1%0.430.1422.8x20160%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=17, mult=2
5.6%-49.5%0.410.1112.8x25744%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=76
6.4%-52.1%0.400.1217.7x23361%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=38
5.8%-49.6%0.370.1213.5x21561%
MACD
fast=29, slow=40, signal=24
5.4%-52.6%0.370.1011.7x42752%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
5.0%-64.0%0.340.089.6x36957%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=15
4.0%-45.1%0.300.096.2x45747%
Buy and hold14.2%-70.4%0.600.20479.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -70% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -54.7% (2006-04-20 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 1,834 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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