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Performance Food Group Company backtest

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

Data 2015-09-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,724 (10.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.0%, drawdown -78.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.6%, MDD -49.1%, Sharpe 0.48, 68% 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=27, mult=4.3
10.6%-49.1%0.480.223.0x4168%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=127
8.1%-39.4%0.450.212.3x5562%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.8
4.4%-25.3%0.380.171.6x3126%
ROC 모멘텀
n=56, threshold=0
6.5%-38.9%0.370.172.0x14561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=87
5.6%-44.6%0.340.121.8x5163%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=98, exitN=36
5.0%-30.8%0.340.161.7x2546%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=2.1
3.2%-35.5%0.270.091.4x5736%
MACD
fast=11, slow=33, signal=8
1.4%-55.3%0.180.031.2x21850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.22
-0.2%-59.4%0.12-0.001.0x15157%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=27
0.6%-28.5%0.110.021.1x8226%
Buy and hold18.0%-78.8%0.590.236.0x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -79% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.1% (2021-03-12 → 2023-10-04), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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