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Home Depot, Inc. (The) backtest

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

Data 1981-09-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,305 (44.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.1%, drawdown -73.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.2%, MDD -58.5%, Sharpe 0.72, 63% 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=89, exitN=64
16.2%-58.5%0.720.28839.7x6863%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=69, slow=106
15.1%-67.9%0.650.22538.9x6071%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=156
13.4%-58.0%0.620.23282.1x13867%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=-0.07
13.8%-79.4%0.590.17332.3x33380%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.7
12.7%-55.2%0.590.23211.5x17362%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=17, mult=2
9.1%-55.2%0.500.1649.1x25449%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=27
6.2%-30.9%0.480.2015.0x11815%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=1.2
8.2%-65.8%0.460.1233.7x30452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
5.2%-84.3%0.320.069.6x39659%
MACD
fast=18, slow=56, signal=19
4.3%-63.7%0.300.076.5x47852%
Buy and hold23.1%-73.8%0.760.3111011.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 10,000x 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.5% (1983-09-23 → 1986-01-27), recovered after 1,272 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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