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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 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 11.5%, drawdown -67.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -73.9%, Sharpe 0.45, 94% 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=-0.14
9.1%-73.9%0.450.1257.4x17994%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=2, exitN=75
8.9%-70.9%0.430.1351.7x21995%
Supertrend
period=30, mult=3.4
4.1%-78.1%0.290.056.6x34556%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=207
3.6%-66.3%0.260.055.1x6971%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
3.2%-75.4%0.250.044.4x57154%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=191
3.2%-61.7%0.250.054.3x8365%
MACD
fast=20, slow=58, signal=20
1.5%-77.7%0.180.022.0x45151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=1.5
0.8%-71.4%0.130.011.4x38739%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.2
0.5%-58.1%0.110.011.3x19231%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=14
-1.2%-64.8%0.00-0.020.6x27732%
Buy and hold11.5%-67.7%0.500.17156.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -73.9% (1997-09-30 → 2002-10-22), recovered after 3,103 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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