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Minerals Technologies Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Minerals Technologies Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1992-10-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,500 (33.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.7%, drawdown -65.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.2%, MDD -56.7%, Sharpe 0.37, 71% 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=40
6.2%-56.7%0.370.117.5x13371%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.2
2.6%-53.6%0.230.052.4x14956%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=143
2.4%-56.8%0.220.042.3x6959%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=119
1.2%-57.0%0.160.021.5x6760%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=30
0.4%-11.2%0.150.041.1x122%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
0.6%-62.1%0.140.011.2x29255%
MACD
fast=16, slow=59, signal=24
-0.3%-69.5%0.09-0.000.9x34050%
ROC 모멘텀
n=136, threshold=0.04
-0.7%-61.4%0.05-0.010.8x27551%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3.5
-0.1%-18.9%-0.00-0.001.0x102%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.8
-2.7%-69.2%-0.10-0.040.4x15234%
Buy and hold6.7%-65.5%0.360.108.9x1100%
1x 10x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -65% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.7% (2017-01-25 → 2020-04-16), recovered after 1,562 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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