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Graham Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Graham Corporation. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend 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

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.6%, drawdown -87.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.2%, MDD -82.2%, Sharpe 0.50, 51% 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
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.2
12.2%-82.2%0.500.15207.2x24851%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=65, exitN=61
10.3%-77.5%0.450.1395.0x8354%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.3
7.0%-63.7%0.420.1122.6x7016%
MACD
fast=16, slow=71, signal=23
8.5%-90.7%0.400.0943.3x42450%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=10
8.2%-82.9%0.400.1038.2x45645%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=90
8.1%-79.1%0.400.1036.4x15153%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=48
7.7%-80.9%0.380.0930.7x14952%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.8
6.1%-73.3%0.360.0815.8x14827%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.02
5.1%-84.7%0.310.0610.0x42352%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.16
-2.2%-95.9%0.10-0.020.4x84249%
Buy and hold9.6%-87.7%0.430.1170.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -82.2% (2008-08-14 → 2022-12-29), recovered after 6,187 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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