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Eagle Materials Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Eagle Materials Inc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -51.5%).

Data 1994-04-12 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,151 (32.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -80.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -60.5%, Sharpe 0.57, 57% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.8%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.1%p (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 62%).

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=93, exitN=76
11.5%-60.5%0.570.1934.2x4057%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=133
11.8%-51.5%0.570.2336.7x8262%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=113
11.3%-53.4%0.550.2132.1x6463%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.2
6.2%-56.7%0.360.117.1x16260%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.02
6.0%-68.7%0.360.096.7x19859%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=65, k=1.9
5.3%-49.5%0.350.115.3x12040%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=-0.03
5.9%-76.5%0.350.086.4x22068%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=22
2.6%-37.6%0.280.072.3x7213%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=69, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
3.3%-38.7%0.270.092.9x8630%
MACD
fast=14, slow=30, signal=17
-0.3%-76.4%0.11-0.000.9x46451%
Buy and hold12.2%-80.6%0.490.1541.1x1100%
1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -81% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -60.5% (2006-04-18 → 2010-08-24), recovered after 2,388 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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