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Lowe's Companies, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lowe's Companies, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 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 14.1%, drawdown -62.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -70.6%, Sharpe 0.42, 56% 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=17, exitN=16
7.4%-70.6%0.420.1127.6x31456%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.3
3.5%-24.2%0.410.144.9x509%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.2
6.9%-70.1%0.400.1021.9x22256%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=28
6.7%-70.5%0.390.0920.2x24060%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.15
6.9%-77.0%0.370.0922.3x24886%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=63
6.1%-74.9%0.370.0815.3x26059%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=25
3.4%-36.0%0.360.094.7x7412%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=16, mult=4
2.6%-61.9%0.250.043.3x12823%
MACD
fast=14, slow=42, signal=15
3.0%-69.5%0.250.044.0x62551%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
2.6%-78.6%0.230.033.3x40055%
Buy and hold14.1%-62.7%0.550.22444.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -70.6% (1983-04-07 → 1984-08-20), recovered after 2,846 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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