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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 18.3%, MDD -26.2%).

Data 2011-03-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,863 (15.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.1%, drawdown -50.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 18.3%, MDD -26.2%, Sharpe 0.96, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.3%p (CAGR 18.3%, MDD -26.2%, exposure 63%).

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=12, mult=4.9
18.3%-26.2%0.960.7013.3x3963%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=28
15.6%-45.0%0.800.359.3x5563%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.9
12.4%-37.6%0.800.336.1x5647%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=52
13.5%-32.8%0.770.417.0x9059%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=55
12.9%-43.4%0.720.306.4x6061%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=12
11.7%-35.8%0.690.335.5x16155%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.5
10.5%-41.4%0.690.254.7x5847%
ROC 모멘텀
n=68, threshold=-0.03
12.9%-50.8%0.690.256.4x10868%
MACD
fast=15, slow=57, signal=22
5.9%-34.9%0.390.172.4x15750%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
2.1%-51.7%0.200.041.4x27553%
Buy and hold15.1%-50.5%0.630.308.7x1100%
1x 10x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -25% -38% -51% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -26.2% (2018-02-21 → 2019-10-29), recovered after 1,118 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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