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Crane NXT, Co. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Crane NXT, Co.. 1 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 9.2%, MDD -59.3%).

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

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.5%, drawdown -77.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -59.3%, Sharpe 0.45, 89% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.4%p (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -59.3%, exposure 89%).

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=6, exitN=68
9.2%-59.3%0.450.1559.1x17189%
ROC 모멘텀
n=69, threshold=-0.07
4.4%-64.1%0.300.077.3x38377%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=115
3.7%-60.8%0.270.065.3x10561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=44
3.1%-66.9%0.250.054.1x15560%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=2.7
2.2%-40.2%0.240.062.8x10222%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.4
2.6%-59.2%0.220.043.2x29357%
MACD
fast=18, slow=33, signal=15
2.0%-59.7%0.200.032.6x61050%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=25
0.2%-36.8%0.060.001.1x688%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.2%-71.6%0.06-0.020.6x38953%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=64, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.7
-0.9%-67.9%0.05-0.010.7x30347%
Buy and hold8.5%-77.7%0.410.1143.7x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -78% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -59.3% (2006-05-05 → 2008-11-20), recovered after 1,256 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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