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Howmet Aerospace Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Howmet Aerospace Inc.. 0 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 34.2%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 2016-11-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,449 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 35.5%, drawdown -64.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 34.2%, MDD -39.9%, Sharpe 1.11, 78% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.9%p (CAGR 34.2%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 78%).

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=30, exitN=63
34.2%-39.9%1.110.8617.6x1778%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=50
29.4%-36.5%1.040.8112.3x3972%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.04
27.7%-36.7%0.990.7510.8x6577%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=84
25.6%-38.9%0.940.669.2x1971%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
20.9%-34.0%0.820.616.3x3567%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=9
14.4%-34.0%0.650.423.7x12261%
MACD
fast=11, slow=23, signal=15
14.7%-43.3%0.640.343.8x16249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
14.9%-42.8%0.620.353.9x8561%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=1.2
11.8%-43.5%0.580.273.0x9153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.9
7.4%-36.6%0.560.202.0x3423%
Buy and hold35.5%-64.8%0.970.5519.4x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -49% -65% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.9% (2017-02-22 → 2018-07-23), recovered after 999 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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