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Patrick Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Patrick Industries, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.9%, drawdown -98.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.7%, MDD -81.8%, Sharpe 0.51, 73% 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=22, exitN=60
14.7%-81.8%0.510.18568.1x13273%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=48, threshold=34
6.7%-45.0%0.490.1520.1x67%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=219
12.1%-80.0%0.480.15199.8x6857%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=4.8
11.1%-90.5%0.450.12129.4x17662%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=73, k=1.5
10.6%-87.9%0.440.12107.5x19040%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=101
10.1%-71.3%0.430.1486.8x11457%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=35, mult=2.9
9.3%-79.1%0.410.1261.3x15635%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
6.1%-98.0%0.350.0615.3x68051%
MACD
fast=19, slow=54, signal=23
1.2%-99.5%0.260.011.7x48351%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=0.09
2.6%-94.3%0.260.033.3x47845%
Buy and hold13.9%-98.7%0.520.14415.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -81.8% (2009-09-10 → 2011-10-31), recovered after 928 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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