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Tennant Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tennant Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1973-02-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,473 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.7%, drawdown -84.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.1%, MDD -62.1%, Sharpe 0.29, 78% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=100
4.1%-62.1%0.290.078.7x11778%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=174
0.6%-72.9%0.140.011.4x9757%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.7
0.4%-71.2%0.140.011.3x17955%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=77, k=3
0.9%-38.5%0.140.021.6x6617%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=71
0.3%-67.8%0.130.001.2x14557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=49, threshold=27
0.5%-67.6%0.100.011.3x2825%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-0.6%-85.5%0.10-0.010.7x41853%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.2
-1.1%-62.9%-0.07-0.020.6x989%
MACD
fast=24, slow=66, signal=22
-4.2%-97.6%-0.07-0.040.1x47851%
ROC 모멘텀
n=129, threshold=-0.03
-4.9%-94.9%-0.07-0.050.1x50364%
Buy and hold5.7%-84.3%0.330.0719.7x1100%
1x 10x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.1% (1973-11-01 → 1975-01-22), recovered after 5,717 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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