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Fastenal Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fastenal Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1987-08-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,810 (38.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.7%, drawdown -63.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 19.8%, MDD -62.8%, Sharpe 0.69, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=2, threshold=-0.15
19.8%-62.8%0.690.321137.9x25100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=67
9.4%-61.4%0.470.1532.5x15362%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=71, slow=264
9.7%-71.5%0.460.1336.2x3578%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=41, exitN=79
9.4%-56.7%0.460.1733.6x7978%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=3.4
8.0%-53.6%0.440.1520.3x21961%
MACD
fast=18, slow=39, signal=14
4.5%-47.1%0.310.105.6x49551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.5
2.6%-38.2%0.240.072.7x11632%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.24
2.8%-77.7%0.230.042.9x53355%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=63, k=0.9
2.5%-58.2%0.220.042.6x26753%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=10
1.2%-78.3%0.170.021.6x59757%
Buy and hold20.7%-63.4%0.710.331503.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -63% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -62.8% (1997-08-12 → 1998-10-07), recovered after 714 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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