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Blue Bird Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Blue Bird Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 20.7%, MDD -42.0%).

Data 2014-03-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,110 (12.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.9%, drawdown -74.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 20.7%, MDD -42.0%, Sharpe 0.69, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.2%p (CAGR 20.7%, MDD -42.0%, exposure 63%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.02
20.7%-42.0%0.690.4910.2x7163%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.5
16.4%-50.2%0.600.336.6x4359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=63, exitN=63
15.7%-49.9%0.580.316.0x2554%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=174
15.5%-49.3%0.580.316.0x2560%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
14.1%-45.6%0.550.315.1x9754%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=30, mult=1.4
12.4%-37.8%0.530.334.2x8444%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=199
13.3%-54.6%0.520.244.7x2159%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=1.6
10.2%-44.4%0.480.233.3x7839%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=15
9.9%-37.4%0.460.263.2x10237%
MACD
fast=19, slow=25, signal=16
8.4%-51.7%0.400.162.7x15649%
Buy and hold17.9%-74.2%0.580.247.7x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -74% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -42.0% (2021-04-27 → 2022-03-31), recovered after 674 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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