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Teradata Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Teradata Corporation. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.2%, MDD -48.1%).

Data 2007-10-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,738 (18.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.5%, drawdown -77.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.6%, MDD -56.5%, Sharpe 0.37, 34% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.9%p (CAGR 1.2%, MDD -48.1%, exposure 20%).

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=117, exitN=62
6.6%-56.5%0.370.123.3x2034%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=218
6.2%-54.0%0.350.123.1x2547%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=217
4.4%-53.0%0.290.082.3x1945%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=0.2
4.0%-56.5%0.280.072.1x10423%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3
2.0%-52.3%0.190.041.4x3018%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
1.9%-54.9%0.190.031.4x3420%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=41, threshold=16
1.2%-48.1%0.160.031.3x5020%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.4
-2.9%-71.5%0.04-0.040.6x7648%
MACD
fast=8, slow=64, signal=15
-7.1%-87.2%-0.09-0.080.2x27251%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.26
-13.0%-93.7%-0.34-0.140.1x33449%
Buy and hold0.5%-77.5%0.220.011.1x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -77% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.5% (2011-07-07 → 2017-10-17), recovered after 3,690 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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