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Unifirst Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Unifirst Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.0%, MDD -50.6%).

Data 1984-01-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,719 (42.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -74.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -50.6%, Sharpe 0.45, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.0%p (CAGR 8.0%, MDD -50.6%, exposure 65%).

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=54, exitN=68
8.0%-50.6%0.450.1626.8x8365%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=104, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.2
5.7%-64.5%0.390.0910.7x15949%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=67
6.2%-69.6%0.380.0912.9x15757%
ROC 모멘텀
n=151, threshold=0.04
6.0%-50.8%0.380.1211.9x27955%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=29
3.2%-31.6%0.360.103.8x8614%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.9
4.9%-77.3%0.320.067.6x18757%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=121
4.2%-56.8%0.300.075.8x9361%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.9
2.5%-40.5%0.250.062.9x9324%
MACD
fast=18, slow=51, signal=14
2.2%-77.0%0.210.032.5x52550%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
1.7%-66.2%0.190.032.1x34154%
Buy and hold10.0%-74.6%0.460.1357.9x1100%
1x 10x 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.6% (1996-04-24 → 2000-07-24), recovered after 1,856 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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