Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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PPG Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PPG Industries, 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 9.4%, drawdown -65.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -67.7%, Sharpe 0.35, 77% 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=19, exitN=58
5.5%-67.7%0.350.0811.7x14577%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.6
4.3%-70.2%0.310.067.0x17561%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=169
4.0%-65.6%0.290.066.1x7564%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=123
3.9%-65.5%0.290.065.9x10765%
ROC 모멘텀
n=76, threshold=-0.09
3.1%-80.2%0.250.044.1x34184%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.4
0.5%-16.5%0.130.031.2x222%
MACD
fast=19, slow=57, signal=18
-0.1%-73.1%0.08-0.000.9x49250%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=14
-0.6%-71.5%0.03-0.010.8x30432%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=28, mult=1.7
-1.0%-80.3%0.02-0.010.6x33046%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
-4.5%-94.8%-0.14-0.050.1x82654%
Buy and hold9.4%-65.4%0.460.1465.2x1100%
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% -17% -34% -51% -68% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -67.7% (1998-05-13 → 2009-03-24), recovered after 5,237 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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