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International Paper Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of International Paper Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1970-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 14,266 (56.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.7%, drawdown -93.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 2.3%, MDD -90.8%, Sharpe 0.23, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=4, threshold=-0.15
2.3%-90.8%0.230.023.6x43100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=125
0.7%-86.9%0.160.011.5x12186%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=63, slow=201
1.2%-69.6%0.160.021.9x8655%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
0.1%-8.1%0.080.011.1x40%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=194
-1.3%-88.6%0.04-0.010.5x10856%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-2.6%-94.8%-0.02-0.030.2x48552%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.6
-2.6%-91.6%-0.02-0.030.2x25354%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=41
-0.2%-25.1%-0.04-0.010.9x422%
MACD
fast=16, slow=33, signal=16
-4.4%-94.7%-0.09-0.050.1x76550%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.2
-3.3%-89.7%-0.16-0.040.1x23926%
Buy and hold2.7%-93.2%0.240.034.5x1100%
1x 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -90.8% (1997-07-17 → 2009-03-03), recovered after 6,319 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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