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Tejon Ranch Co backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tejon Ranch Co. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 3.2%, MDD -39.8%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.6%, drawdown -80.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -62.1%, Sharpe 0.30, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 1.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.1%p (CAGR 3.2%, MDD -39.8%, exposure 8%).

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=78, exitN=55
4.4%-62.1%0.300.077.5x7844%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3.4
3.2%-39.8%0.280.084.4x748%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=215
2.3%-72.3%0.210.032.9x6547%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=111
2.2%-67.5%0.210.032.8x13647%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
1.7%-68.7%0.180.032.2x11622%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=4.5
0.6%-90.2%0.150.011.3x20852%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=30
0.8%-48.0%0.130.021.5x343%
ROC 모멘텀
n=96, threshold=0.12
0.3%-79.3%0.110.001.1x36227%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
-0.8%-93.6%0.08-0.010.7x24046%
MACD
fast=15, slow=47, signal=9
-2.9%-94.7%0.01-0.030.3x70448%
Buy and hold2.6%-80.2%0.250.033.3x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.1% (1986-02-24 → 1997-04-14), recovered after 6,923 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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