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Seaboard Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Seaboard 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 11.7%, MDD -47.0%).

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

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -70.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -47.0%, Sharpe 0.57, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.3%p (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -47.0%, exposure 56%).

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=79, exitN=75
11.7%-47.0%0.570.25371.4x8456%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=210
9.8%-59.2%0.490.16145.1x6161%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=121
9.6%-56.9%0.490.17134.0x15657%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=65, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.8
8.1%-52.2%0.490.1665.1x20838%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=14
6.5%-54.3%0.420.1228.7x28635%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=85, k=2.3
6.1%-67.2%0.400.0923.7x13234%
ROC 모멘텀
n=107, threshold=-0.01
7.1%-65.9%0.390.1139.3x49462%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=5
6.1%-58.6%0.360.1023.1x31655%
MACD
fast=27, slow=70, signal=25
1.5%-95.1%0.180.022.2x41052%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
1.5%-94.8%0.180.022.2x74652%
Buy and hold12.5%-70.3%0.510.18532.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 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% -18% -35% -53% -70% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.0% (1978-10-03 → 1980-08-06), recovered after 2,333 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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