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Iron Mountain Incorporated (Delaware) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Iron Mountain Incorporated (Delaware). 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1996-02-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,673 (30.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.0%, drawdown -55.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 2.3%, MDD -11.6%, Sharpe 0.46, 2% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -52.2%, exposure 58%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=38
2.3%-11.6%0.460.202.0x62%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=69
5.7%-52.2%0.360.115.4x16358%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=50, exitN=71
5.3%-54.1%0.340.104.9x6369%
MACD
fast=38, slow=51, signal=23
4.9%-58.5%0.330.084.3x22849%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.5
3.1%-40.6%0.280.082.5x12026%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.4
3.7%-63.7%0.280.063.1x13056%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.8
3.1%-48.9%0.260.062.5x21240%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=56
2.0%-66.1%0.200.031.8x10760%
ROC 모멘텀
n=76, threshold=-0.02
1.0%-73.3%0.160.011.3x36765%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
-0.8%-86.0%0.07-0.010.8x38353%
Buy and hold13.0%-55.7%0.540.2341.3x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -11.6% (2021-06-09 → 2024-08-05), recovered after 1,195 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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