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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 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 13,675 (54.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -70.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -60.9%, Sharpe 0.41, 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
6.8%-60.9%0.410.1135.2x15575%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=52
5.7%-50.2%0.380.1120.5x15164%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=108
5.2%-56.4%0.350.0915.7x12163%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.1
3.7%-43.9%0.290.097.4x41057%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=-0.11
3.8%-67.9%0.280.067.4x27782%
MACD
fast=30, slow=71, signal=15
3.4%-44.0%0.270.086.1x48652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
2.3%-53.8%0.220.043.5x71256%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=1.5
1.8%-46.0%0.190.042.6x49244%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=23, mult=0.8
1.6%-59.8%0.180.032.3x57854%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=28
0.3%-25.2%0.080.011.2x345%
Buy and hold10.0%-70.5%0.480.14176.0x1100%
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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