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Modine Manufacturing Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Modine Manufacturing Company. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -77.4%).

Data 1982-09-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,054 (43.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.5%, drawdown -97.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -83.0%, Sharpe 0.53, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.0%p (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -77.4%, exposure 74%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=102
12.9%-83.0%0.530.16202.9x7959%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=75
12.2%-77.4%0.490.16158.2x10674%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.9
10.9%-80.3%0.480.1493.6x13657%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=138
10.8%-85.7%0.470.1388.7x7760%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=21
5.3%-40.6%0.410.139.7x7820%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=0
6.9%-94.0%0.370.0718.7x39859%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
4.3%-84.4%0.300.056.4x34254%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.4
3.2%-87.9%0.260.044.0x34243%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3.3
2.5%-55.4%0.240.053.0x5012%
MACD
fast=11, slow=51, signal=15
0.9%-95.1%0.200.011.5x64050%
Buy and hold11.5%-97.9%0.470.12117.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -83.0% (1995-07-17 → 2009-06-24), recovered after 8,113 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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