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Ashland Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ashland Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.6%, MDD -66.8%).

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

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.5%, drawdown -92.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.6%, MDD -66.8%, Sharpe 0.35, 74% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.8%, MDD -74.3%, exposure 94%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.7%p (CAGR 5.6%, MDD -66.8%, exposure 74%).

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=22, exitN=63
5.6%-66.8%0.350.0812.4x13774%
ROC 모멘텀
n=16, threshold=-0.1
5.8%-74.3%0.340.0813.6x27194%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=314
4.6%-45.0%0.330.108.1x4160%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.7
4.0%-50.2%0.290.086.0x16954%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3
2.1%-39.7%0.250.052.6x7313%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=219
2.6%-66.4%0.230.043.3x7560%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=26
1.7%-34.3%0.220.052.2x748%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
0.9%-73.6%0.150.011.5x39754%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.1
0.9%-75.1%0.140.011.5x26538%
MACD
fast=15, slow=39, signal=18
-0.9%-83.6%0.07-0.010.6x56351%
Buy and hold5.5%-92.5%0.330.0612.0x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.8% (2006-04-19 → 2009-02-02), recovered after 1,111 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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