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ABM Industries Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ABM Industries Incorporated. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend 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 XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.9%, drawdown -61.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 4.5%, MDD -54.1%, Sharpe 0.32, 59% 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
Supertrend
period=27, mult=5
4.5%-54.1%0.320.087.9x17559%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=79, exitN=40
3.8%-57.6%0.300.075.5x10746%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=55, threshold=19
2.3%-23.2%0.290.102.9x4814%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=205
3.5%-59.7%0.270.065.0x7160%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=62, slow=105
2.7%-62.3%0.230.043.4x7562%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.3
0.6%-26.5%0.150.021.3x363%
ROC 모멘텀
n=108, threshold=-0.03
-0.0%-84.1%0.11-0.001.0x42967%
MACD
fast=22, slow=54, signal=20
-0.1%-85.0%0.10-0.001.0x45351%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=17, mult=4
0.4%-48.1%0.090.011.2x12320%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.0%-86.2%0.06-0.010.6x36955%
Buy and hold8.9%-61.3%0.430.1451.1x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -61% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -54.1% (2021-04-23 → 2026-06-17), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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