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Kirby Corporation backtest

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

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.4%, drawdown -95.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -77.8%, Sharpe 0.39, 57% 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=17, mult=5
7.3%-77.8%0.390.0925.7x14457%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=116
6.6%-77.0%0.370.0919.7x11160%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=63
6.6%-87.4%0.360.0819.1x10868%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=60
6.1%-72.2%0.350.0815.4x11961%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=32
1.2%-26.2%0.220.041.7x143%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=-0.04
1.8%-83.7%0.210.022.3x41367%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.3
1.1%-74.7%0.160.021.7x16433%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.6%-90.8%0.08-0.020.5x38654%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=22, mult=2
-0.8%-87.3%0.08-0.010.7x28442%
MACD
fast=16, slow=33, signal=15
-3.5%-96.3%0.01-0.040.2x67050%
Buy and hold8.4%-95.8%0.400.0941.4x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -77.8% (1981-08-12 → 1986-12-29), recovered after 2,934 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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