Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Quanta Services, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Quanta Services, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 14.7%, MDD -76.1%).

Data 1998-02-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,160 (28.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.1%, drawdown -97.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.6%, MDD -83.4%, Sharpe 0.65, 94% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 3.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.7%p (CAGR 14.7%, MDD -76.1%, exposure 70%).

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=6, exitN=115
20.6%-83.4%0.650.25206.0x5994%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=121
15.1%-77.8%0.590.1954.2x6364%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.04
14.7%-76.1%0.570.1949.1x18970%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=75
14.0%-72.6%0.570.1941.4x5765%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.1
8.4%-41.9%0.550.2010.1x4416%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
7.7%-42.5%0.470.188.4x6625%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=2.6
10.0%-83.4%0.460.1215.2x24158%
MACD
fast=19, slow=58, signal=14
10.1%-79.1%0.460.1315.5x31852%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=22
4.9%-34.4%0.370.143.9x8215%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
6.5%-91.7%0.360.076.0x39955%
Buy and hold17.1%-97.1%0.580.1888.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -97% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -83.4% (2000-06-16 → 2002-10-07), recovered after 1,812 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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