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Eaton Corporation, PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Eaton Corporation, PLC. 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 10.1%, drawdown -70.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -60.9%, Sharpe 0.42, 75% 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=24, exitN=61
7.0%-60.9%0.420.1138.6x15475%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=52
5.8%-50.2%0.380.1221.2x15164%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=108
5.3%-56.4%0.350.0916.3x12163%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.1
3.9%-43.9%0.300.098.0x40857%
MACD
fast=30, slow=71, signal=15
3.6%-44.0%0.280.086.7x48452%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=-0.11
3.8%-67.9%0.280.067.7x27782%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
2.4%-53.8%0.220.043.5x71056%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=1.5
1.9%-46.0%0.200.042.7x49044%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=23, mult=0.8
1.7%-59.8%0.180.032.5x57654%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=28
0.3%-25.2%0.080.011.2x345%
Buy and hold10.1%-70.5%0.480.14181.8x1100%
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% -35% -53% -70% 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001 2008 2015 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -60.9% (2007-07-23 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 1,990 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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