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Fair Isaac Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fair Isaac Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1987-07-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,831 (39.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.7%, drawdown -79.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.1%, MDD -67.9%, Sharpe 0.52, 74% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.0%, MDD -79.9%, exposure 86%.

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=292
13.1%-67.9%0.520.19121.9x4074%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=78
14.0%-79.9%0.520.18169.0x13786%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=217
11.7%-72.0%0.490.1673.9x4869%
ROC 모멘텀
n=181, threshold=-0.01
9.8%-78.0%0.440.1339.0x24270%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
9.5%-60.0%0.440.1635.0x30955%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.3
8.7%-83.5%0.420.1026.3x18559%
MACD
fast=24, slow=64, signal=21
5.6%-91.2%0.330.068.4x36553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=12
5.4%-74.2%0.320.077.7x36047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=1.9
2.1%-75.1%0.210.032.2x23641%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.7
0.9%-80.6%0.160.011.4x19837%
Buy and hold18.7%-79.5%0.590.24815.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -67.9% (1996-05-21 → 2000-12-20), recovered after 6,281 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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