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Oil-Dri Corporation Of America backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,686 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -76.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -51.6%, Sharpe 0.42, 30% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.6%, MDD -72.0%, exposure 59%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=40, threshold=17
7.7%-51.6%0.420.1531.1x10130%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=347
8.6%-72.0%0.410.1245.0x6159%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=57
8.1%-71.8%0.390.1137.5x21983%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=149
6.0%-79.3%0.340.0815.1x8159%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.7%-76.5%0.320.0712.8x33652%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.5
4.6%-49.0%0.310.097.9x4713%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=3
3.9%-87.2%0.270.045.9x33855%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=27, mult=3
1.0%-86.7%0.150.011.6x16730%
MACD
fast=19, slow=59, signal=19
0.3%-89.4%0.150.001.1x46450%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=-0.03
-1.8%-99.3%0.09-0.020.4x50764%
Buy and hold10.8%-76.2%0.450.14117.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -51.6% (1980-09-22 → 1982-04-16), recovered after 911 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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