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Packaging Corporation of America backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Packaging Corporation of America. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -46.3%).

Data 2000-01-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,666 (26.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.0%, drawdown -69.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.8%, MDD -52.9%, Sharpe 0.48, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.3%p (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -46.3%, exposure 87%).

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=21, exitN=66
9.8%-52.9%0.480.1912.0x5784%
ROC 모멘텀
n=87, threshold=-0.11
9.4%-46.3%0.470.2010.9x14587%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=167
8.3%-37.5%0.470.228.2x3570%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=218
7.9%-41.6%0.460.197.4x3167%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
4.6%-56.7%0.310.083.3x7562%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=181, atrPeriod=27, mult=2.7
2.7%-44.6%0.240.062.0x6952%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=42, threshold=24
0.5%-9.6%0.210.061.2x42%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.6
-0.8%-69.1%0.04-0.010.8x14544%
MACD
fast=17, slow=38, signal=15
-3.0%-73.6%-0.03-0.040.5x35351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.18
-5.3%-81.1%-0.15-0.070.2x49955%
Buy and hold12.0%-69.2%0.520.1720.4x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -52.9% (2004-07-20 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 2,326 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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