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World Kinect Corporation backtest

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

Data 1986-08-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,057 (39.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.6%, drawdown -74.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -63.5%, Sharpe 0.39, 53% 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=96, exitN=74
7.1%-63.5%0.390.1115.5x5953%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=173
7.1%-76.0%0.380.0915.4x5163%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=37, mult=3.2
6.2%-62.6%0.380.1010.9x12337%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=188
5.1%-63.1%0.310.087.2x7758%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.6
4.3%-70.6%0.310.065.4x11325%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=19
3.2%-65.5%0.270.053.5x12719%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4
3.2%-90.1%0.250.043.5x18755%
ROC 모멘텀
n=112, threshold=0.06
2.4%-77.1%0.220.032.6x40749%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
0.1%-95.8%0.160.001.0x30353%
MACD
fast=10, slow=47, signal=24
-0.1%-93.4%0.15-0.001.0x52352%
Buy and hold12.6%-74.5%0.490.17114.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.5% (2011-02-28 → 2019-05-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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