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Global Industrial Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Global Industrial Company. 7 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 5.8%, MDD -42.2%).

Data 1995-06-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,825 (31.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.9%, drawdown -98.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.8%, MDD -42.2%, Sharpe 0.39, 14% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -69.7%, exposure 50%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 55.9%p (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -42.2%, exposure 14%).

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=90, exitN=5
5.8%-42.2%0.390.145.7x12914%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=84
7.9%-69.7%0.390.1110.6x10450%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=3.5
5.4%-43.8%0.350.125.1x389%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=2.8
4.3%-77.1%0.300.063.7x23549%
ROC 모멘텀
n=104, threshold=0.21
4.3%-63.6%0.290.073.8x22626%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.1
4.3%-77.8%0.290.063.7x9726%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=159
3.0%-79.2%0.260.042.5x6946%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=14
1.4%-73.5%0.200.021.5x31033%
MACD
fast=10, slow=31, signal=16
-2.9%-95.3%0.12-0.030.4x47350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
-3.9%-94.9%0.09-0.040.3x50148%
Buy and hold1.9%-98.1%0.320.021.8x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.2% (1996-10-14 → 2002-04-23), recovered after 2,391 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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