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McDonald's Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of McDonald's Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

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 12.4%, drawdown -74.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -62.3%, Sharpe 0.52, 63% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -65.2%, exposure 87%.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=53
8.2%-62.3%0.520.1385.7x11863%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.1
9.1%-65.2%0.510.14137.7x25887%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=311
8.7%-51.6%0.510.17111.7x4677%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=230
7.3%-57.8%0.460.1354.7x10469%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=89, k=1.4
5.2%-52.6%0.400.1017.6x21850%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
5.4%-64.6%0.380.0819.5x18460%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.4
3.5%-46.7%0.300.077.0x25645%
MACD
fast=24, slow=44, signal=60
3.7%-62.2%0.290.067.6x37551%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=38
0.7%-10.4%0.270.071.5x81%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
3.3%-58.2%0.270.066.4x47657%
Buy and hold12.4%-74.4%0.570.17739.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -37% -56% -74% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.3% (1972-12-27 → 1974-12-20), recovered after 3,598 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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