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Brinks Company (The) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Brinks Company (The). 3 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 6.4%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 1996-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,694 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.4%, drawdown -75.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.4%, MDD -42.8%, Sharpe 0.40, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.2%p (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 52%).

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=78, exitN=64
6.4%-42.8%0.400.156.6x5152%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=111
6.0%-53.2%0.370.115.9x7256%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=95
5.5%-62.7%0.350.095.2x7757%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=16, mult=2
4.1%-45.2%0.300.093.4x13544%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=-0.02
4.0%-56.3%0.290.073.4x18158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.5
2.6%-40.4%0.240.062.2x7525%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=3
1.5%-60.7%0.180.021.6x20556%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=15
0.5%-54.4%0.110.011.2x15329%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-3.1%-78.9%-0.01-0.040.4x25154%
MACD
fast=11, slow=31, signal=19
-3.5%-83.5%-0.03-0.040.3x46150%
Buy and hold5.4%-75.0%0.330.074.9x1100%
1x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.8% (2015-05-14 → 2016-09-14), recovered after 713 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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