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AMETEK, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1984-07-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,590 (42.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.4%, drawdown -56.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -56.3%, Sharpe 0.43, 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=36, exitN=76
7.4%-56.3%0.430.1320.4x7977%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=93
6.7%-49.1%0.420.1415.2x12765%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=219
6.5%-57.6%0.390.1114.1x4974%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=-0.04
4.8%-67.0%0.320.077.3x32376%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4
4.5%-41.2%0.320.116.4x19364%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
2.4%-49.3%0.220.052.7x33560%
MACD
fast=19, slow=44, signal=15
0.7%-67.8%0.130.011.4x47551%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=77, k=3.1
0.6%-37.2%0.110.021.3x4615%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=33
-0.0%-8.1%0.01-0.001.0x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.7
-1.1%-68.5%-0.00-0.020.6x19539%
Buy and hold12.4%-56.1%0.550.22133.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.3% (1987-10-05 → 1991-01-14), recovered after 5,058 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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