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Compass Minerals Intl Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Compass Minerals Intl Inc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2003-12-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,693 (22.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.4%, drawdown -92.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.3%, MDD -88.1%, Sharpe 0.27, 89% 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=9, exitN=96
3.3%-88.1%0.270.042.1x6589%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=11, mult=4
1.7%-20.3%0.230.081.5x124%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=3.5
1.5%-18.6%0.230.081.4x84%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=281
2.2%-74.0%0.210.031.6x2350%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=83, slow=165
2.2%-76.9%0.210.031.6x2350%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=26
1.7%-32.5%0.200.051.5x448%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=-0.01
-0.8%-90.6%0.10-0.010.8x18756%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
-1.0%-84.9%0.09-0.010.8x6757%
MACD
fast=17, slow=55, signal=20
-11.4%-97.7%-0.31-0.120.1x28053%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
-11.7%-97.3%-0.33-0.120.1x42252%
Buy and hold3.4%-92.0%0.280.042.1x1100%
1x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -88.1% (2011-04-29 → 2025-03-26), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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