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Deere & Company backtest

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

Data 1972-06-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,654 (54.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.5%, drawdown -73.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.9%, MDD -63.3%, Sharpe 0.38, 81% 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=17, exitN=76
6.9%-63.3%0.380.1136.4x14181%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=102
4.8%-59.5%0.320.0813.0x15358%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=158
4.0%-74.4%0.280.058.3x9765%
ROC 모멘텀
n=56, threshold=-0.09
3.5%-73.7%0.260.056.4x49583%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.8
3.1%-62.3%0.250.055.3x28357%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=26
0.6%-15.4%0.170.041.4x183%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=2.7
1.2%-54.4%0.160.022.0x13824%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=78, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
0.8%-67.8%0.130.011.6x14032%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-0.8%-81.9%0.07-0.010.7x46554%
MACD
fast=18, slow=38, signal=19
-2.7%-89.0%-0.02-0.030.2x66351%
Buy and hold10.5%-73.8%0.470.14220.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.3% (1999-04-29 → 2003-03-31), recovered after 2,855 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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