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Scholastic Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Scholastic Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1992-02-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,669 (34.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.1%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 1.8%, MDD -80.7%, Sharpe 0.22, 77% 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=91
1.8%-80.7%0.220.021.9x8777%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=157
1.8%-65.3%0.190.031.8x6755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=30
1.5%-64.6%0.180.021.7x18354%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=103, k=2
1.2%-55.5%0.160.021.5x7235%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.02
0.6%-78.5%0.150.011.2x25160%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3
-0.8%-66.0%0.10-0.010.8x22253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=39
-0.1%-20.7%-0.00-0.001.0x81%
MACD
fast=19, slow=57, signal=19
-4.6%-86.2%-0.05-0.050.2x35451%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.1
-3.4%-84.5%-0.05-0.040.3x28845%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-4.7%-90.0%-0.05-0.050.2x46454%
Buy and hold3.1%-83.4%0.270.042.9x1100%
1x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -80.7% (2010-01-19 → 2025-06-02), 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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