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Jabil Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Jabil Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.4%, MDD -71.3%).

Data 1993-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,369 (33.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.0%, drawdown -95.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.4%, MDD -71.3%, Sharpe 0.57, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.9%p (CAGR 15.4%, MDD -71.3%, exposure 60%).

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=27, slow=124
15.4%-71.3%0.570.22118.1x7360%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=184
14.6%-81.8%0.550.1893.0x3958%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.6
12.8%-76.7%0.520.1754.6x13055%
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=0.03
12.6%-77.8%0.510.1651.0x23954%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=66
12.3%-90.1%0.490.1447.0x9475%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
11.1%-73.1%0.470.1532.9x28256%
MACD
fast=14, slow=51, signal=18
10.9%-77.7%0.460.1431.4x38452%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=3.3
5.8%-38.3%0.450.156.6x349%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=26
4.6%-49.5%0.320.094.4x9415%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.3
4.7%-73.0%0.310.064.6x28847%
Buy and hold19.0%-95.2%0.590.20328.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -71.3% (2000-09-08 → 2003-04-10), recovered after 8,314 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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