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Spire Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Spire Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1973-02-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,474 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.1%, drawdown -48.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.1%, MDD -57.3%, Sharpe 0.29, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=23, threshold=-0.14
4.1%-57.3%0.290.078.8x5399%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=313
3.2%-47.4%0.270.075.5x6465%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=180
2.5%-54.0%0.230.053.6x7864%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=106, exitN=103
2.3%-53.8%0.220.043.4x6261%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=29
-0.1%-27.0%-0.01-0.001.0x101%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.5
-0.4%-42.9%-0.06-0.010.8x384%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4
-2.6%-90.7%-0.08-0.030.2x27256%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.5
-1.7%-65.6%-0.17-0.030.4x14215%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-5.3%-97.7%-0.26-0.050.1x46552%
MACD
fast=40, slow=72, signal=29
-5.5%-95.9%-0.29-0.060.0x35752%
Buy and hold5.1%-48.3%0.330.1114.4x1100%
1x 10x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -29% -43% -57% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -57.3% (1973-04-19 → 1974-12-24), recovered after 3,564 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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