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Amphenol Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Amphenol Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 17.9%, MDD -38.0%).

Data 1991-11-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,763 (34.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.3%, drawdown -63.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.4%, MDD -56.7%, Sharpe 0.76, 87% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 6.7%p (CAGR 17.9%, MDD -38.0%, exposure 70%).

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=56, exitN=168
20.4%-56.7%0.760.36641.2x2587%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=105
17.9%-38.0%0.750.47305.7x7570%
ROC 모멘텀
n=124, threshold=-0.1
18.7%-62.3%0.720.30392.0x12385%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=105
15.7%-69.3%0.670.23162.3x5975%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=110, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.3
11.8%-58.6%0.570.2048.5x18767%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=27
3.1%-21.9%0.360.142.9x145%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=5
5.9%-80.7%0.350.077.3x14167%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.3
4.6%-52.2%0.310.094.7x23852%
MACD
fast=16, slow=25, signal=17
4.3%-51.5%0.300.084.3x49250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
1.8%-60.2%0.190.031.9x49458%
Buy and hold22.3%-63.4%0.740.351091.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -63% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.7% (2000-07-12 → 2002-12-30), recovered after 2,058 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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