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Advance Auto Parts Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Advance Auto Parts Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -32.0%).

Data 2001-11-29 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,227 (24.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.6%, drawdown -87.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.5%, MDD -71.3%, Sharpe 0.45, 71% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 5.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.1%p (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -32.0%, exposure 28%).

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=26, exitN=55
9.5%-71.3%0.450.139.6x5871%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=56
7.8%-55.3%0.430.146.3x12257%
MACD
fast=25, slow=42, signal=28
7.6%-58.4%0.400.136.1x18850%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=16
5.1%-32.0%0.400.163.4x9428%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
6.2%-56.3%0.380.114.5x7054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=44, threshold=-0.05
4.6%-79.8%0.300.063.0x26271%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=70
4.4%-57.6%0.300.082.9x6061%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=2.5
2.7%-46.2%0.250.061.9x7029%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=18, mult=2
2.3%-48.8%0.210.051.8x12440%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
0.4%-63.9%0.140.011.1x22254%
Buy and hold4.6%-87.5%0.310.053.0x1100%
1x 10x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -87% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -71.3% (2021-11-15 → 2025-05-21), 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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