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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 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 9.7%, drawdown -60.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.6%, MDD -60.0%, Sharpe 0.35, 86% 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=12, exitN=66
5.6%-60.0%0.350.0912.3x14586%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=30
0.7%-13.9%0.210.051.4x102%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=217
2.1%-50.5%0.200.042.6x7365%
Supertrend
period=35, mult=5
1.7%-47.7%0.180.042.2x17562%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=217
0.9%-58.7%0.150.021.5x8769%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1.7
0.1%-66.7%0.090.001.1x26341%
ROC 모멘텀
n=73, threshold=-0.04
-0.4%-81.6%0.09-0.000.8x51573%
MACD
fast=19, slow=55, signal=19
-1.7%-82.3%0.01-0.020.5x48750%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=27, mult=3.3
-0.5%-40.2%-0.06-0.010.8x745%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-3.5%-90.3%-0.09-0.040.2x42955%
Buy and hold9.7%-60.7%0.470.1673.5x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -46% -61% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -60.0% (1980-10-06 → 1982-10-04), recovered after 1,964 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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