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Plexus Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Plexus Corp.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 12.4%, MDD -46.2%).

Data 1986-02-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,199 (40.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.2%, drawdown -90.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.5%, MDD -54.8%, Sharpe 0.57, 45% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.4%p (CAGR 12.4%, MDD -46.2%, exposure 35%).

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=86, exitN=37
14.5%-54.8%0.570.27243.6x8945%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=100, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.4
12.4%-46.2%0.550.27113.5x8235%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.8
13.2%-79.3%0.520.17150.0x10856%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=62
12.4%-91.7%0.490.14113.1x21058%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=66
10.0%-72.5%0.440.1447.7x9957%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.3
7.1%-39.1%0.430.1816.1x4015%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=29
5.4%-28.8%0.420.198.5x288%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.23
5.2%-76.5%0.320.077.8x34430%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
3.6%-89.2%0.290.044.2x32654%
MACD
fast=22, slow=41, signal=28
2.4%-82.9%0.260.032.6x38252%
Buy and hold13.2%-90.2%0.510.15150.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -54.8% (1987-09-18 → 1988-08-03), recovered after 1,399 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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