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Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1984-09-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,542 (41.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.9%, drawdown -58.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.0%, MDD -72.0%, Sharpe 0.51, 89% 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=12, exitN=73
12.0%-72.0%0.510.17115.0x10789%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=288
10.7%-62.6%0.490.1770.1x4579%
ROC 모멘텀
n=226, threshold=-0.11
10.9%-61.7%0.490.1876.2x16786%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=190
9.5%-57.1%0.460.1744.3x6773%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=3.3
1.1%-6.0%0.370.191.6x61%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.9
2.8%-73.4%0.240.043.2x13164%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=22
2.0%-35.2%0.210.062.3x10215%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.06
2.0%-85.5%0.200.022.3x56855%
MACD
fast=24, slow=45, signal=15
0.8%-77.1%0.150.011.4x46250%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.6
0.3%-10.3%0.100.031.1x141%
Buy and hold17.9%-58.8%0.640.30972.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -72% 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -72.0% (2006-07-03 → 2013-04-18), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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