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Oracle Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Oracle Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -56.3%).

Data 1986-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,175 (40.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.8%, drawdown -84.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -56.3%, Sharpe 0.63, 70% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 18.2%, MDD -78.9%, exposure 90%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.9%p (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -56.3%, exposure 70%).

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=70, slow=140
17.8%-56.3%0.630.32750.4x5070%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=97
18.2%-78.9%0.610.23866.6x8890%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=210
16.7%-63.6%0.610.26512.8x6269%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=-0.04
10.7%-85.7%0.460.1259.6x40073%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.2
9.7%-83.9%0.450.1242.0x25858%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.5
4.6%-49.4%0.380.096.1x289%
MACD
fast=16, slow=41, signal=18
6.1%-82.2%0.340.0710.8x48651%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=11
4.3%-87.8%0.290.055.5x33841%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
3.4%-85.3%0.260.043.9x36056%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.6
2.3%-42.5%0.260.052.5x506%
Buy and hold20.8%-84.2%0.640.252042.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -56.3% (1990-03-19 → 1990-07-17), recovered after 948 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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