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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2014-11-12 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,966 (11.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.8%, drawdown -63.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 2.8%, MDD -6.8%, Sharpe 0.54, 3% 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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=38
2.8%-6.8%0.540.401.4x23%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.5
2.6%-49.0%0.230.051.4x6351%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=49
1.6%-49.4%0.190.031.2x4575%
MACD
fast=19, slow=40, signal=17
0.3%-43.4%0.120.011.0x13251%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=137
-0.8%-38.9%0.05-0.020.9x2551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=34, mult=3.4
0.0%-16.9%0.040.001.0x105%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.3
-1.4%-44.8%-0.04-0.030.8x3524%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=201
-4.1%-48.9%-0.14-0.080.6x2352%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
-6.1%-66.6%-0.19-0.090.5x25252%
ROC 모멘텀
n=119, threshold=-0.01
-6.5%-65.5%-0.24-0.100.5x11756%
Buy and hold4.8%-63.6%0.310.081.7x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -6.8% (2015-03-16 → 2015-03-26), recovered after 22 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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