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ManpowerGroup backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ManpowerGroup. 1 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 4.3%, MDD -41.7%).

Data 1988-10-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,525 (37.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.3%, drawdown -81.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.3%, MDD -41.7%, Sharpe 0.34, 31% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.4%p (CAGR 4.3%, MDD -41.7%, exposure 31%).

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=109, exitN=30
4.3%-41.7%0.340.104.9x7531%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.2
2.4%-48.2%0.220.052.4x12731%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=63
1.4%-68.5%0.180.021.7x16354%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4
1.4%-68.9%0.180.021.7x17754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=157
0.9%-75.6%0.150.011.4x7952%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=0.08
0.5%-73.5%0.120.011.2x27539%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=11, mult=2
-0.2%-66.2%0.09-0.000.9x20938%
MACD
fast=9, slow=42, signal=16
-1.1%-78.9%0.08-0.010.7x56750%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=32
0.2%-27.5%0.060.011.1x415%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-3.2%-84.1%-0.01-0.040.3x32153%
Buy and hold3.3%-81.1%0.270.043.4x1100%
1x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -81% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -41.7% (1991-02-14 → 1994-01-04), recovered after 1,334 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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