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PACCAR Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PACCAR Inc.. 0 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

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.5%, drawdown -67.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.4%, MDD -70.2%, Sharpe 0.37, 79% 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=19, exitN=58
6.4%-70.2%0.370.0918.0x13979%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=258
5.6%-50.7%0.350.1112.3x6164%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=87
5.4%-49.9%0.340.1111.3x10164%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
4.3%-60.6%0.300.077.0x16759%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=2.7
1.7%-49.7%0.210.042.2x16915%
MACD
fast=17, slow=43, signal=13
1.4%-75.9%0.170.021.9x58751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
0.8%-83.1%0.150.011.5x38752%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.4
0.9%-83.3%0.140.011.5x43538%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.04
0.3%-76.1%0.140.001.2x49770%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=25
0.3%-47.5%0.070.011.1x9212%
Buy and hold11.5%-67.9%0.500.17158.2x1100%
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% -18% -35% -53% -70% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -70.2% (2007-07-18 → 2009-03-30), 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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