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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 31.9%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 2016-11-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,470 (9.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 33.2%, drawdown -64.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 31.9%, MDD -39.9%, Sharpe 1.06, 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 31.9%, 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
31.9%-39.9%1.060.8015.3x1778%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=50
28.2%-36.5%1.000.7711.5x4072%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.04
25.6%-36.7%0.930.709.4x6578%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=84
23.5%-38.9%0.880.608.0x1971%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
19.0%-34.0%0.760.565.5x3568%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=9
13.7%-34.0%0.620.403.5x12462%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
14.7%-42.8%0.610.343.9x8661%
MACD
fast=11, slow=23, signal=15
13.8%-43.3%0.610.323.6x16649%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=1.2
11.3%-43.5%0.560.262.9x9253%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.9
7.3%-36.6%0.560.202.0x3423%
Buy and hold33.2%-64.8%0.930.5116.8x1100%
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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