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Ingredion Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ingredion Incorporated. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-12-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,202 (28.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.9%, drawdown -64.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 4.6%, MDD -47.4%, Sharpe 0.32, 59% 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
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.7
4.6%-47.4%0.320.103.7x13259%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=65
4.1%-51.2%0.290.083.1x10658%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=49
3.9%-55.8%0.280.073.0x10373%
ROC 모멘텀
n=32, threshold=-0.11
2.9%-68.0%0.240.042.3x16191%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=197
2.4%-50.9%0.220.052.0x4063%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-1.3%-65.5%0.05-0.020.7x23957%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.3
-0.7%-62.2%0.01-0.010.8x8830%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=17
-0.7%-45.1%0.00-0.010.8x10019%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3.2
-0.5%-29.3%-0.04-0.020.9x428%
MACD
fast=16, slow=58, signal=19
-3.6%-73.1%-0.08-0.050.3x32350%
Buy and hold6.9%-64.6%0.370.116.8x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -65% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -47.4% (2008-06-05 → 2009-04-28), recovered after 987 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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