Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

W.W. Grainger, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1973-02-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,474 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.3%, drawdown -65.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -64.2%, Sharpe 0.40, 87% 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=10, exitN=72
7.0%-64.2%0.400.1137.4x17987%
ROC 모멘텀
n=75, threshold=-0.09
6.6%-53.1%0.390.1230.5x33384%
MACD
fast=28, slow=64, signal=31
4.7%-52.7%0.340.0911.6x36452%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=255
3.8%-54.2%0.280.077.2x7567%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=0.8
3.4%-47.7%0.270.075.8x38951%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=3.9
3.3%-47.0%0.260.075.6x33958%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=34
3.1%-58.0%0.250.055.0x24561%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.7
1.5%-64.5%0.170.022.3x34751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
0.2%-73.1%0.110.001.1x72255%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=5
-1.3%-79.2%0.02-0.020.5x85956%
Buy and hold11.3%-65.4%0.530.17302.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -65% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.2% (1998-04-30 → 2003-03-31), recovered after 4,599 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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