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Rogers Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rogers Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.6%, MDD -52.2%).

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 7.2%, drawdown -80.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -71.5%, Sharpe 0.38, 74% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.3%p (CAGR 6.6%, MDD -52.2%, exposure 55%).

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=26, exitN=75
7.1%-71.5%0.380.1024.5x12174%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=82
6.6%-52.2%0.370.1319.3x15955%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=80, k=1.4
5.8%-54.7%0.360.1113.8x18242%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.1
6.2%-56.7%0.360.1116.4x25857%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=179
6.0%-71.6%0.350.0814.7x8552%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.04
5.1%-78.3%0.320.069.9x33959%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=21
2.6%-49.8%0.250.053.3x11017%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.5
3.1%-69.5%0.250.044.1x23839%
MACD
fast=22, slow=52, signal=53
2.8%-59.6%0.240.053.7x29651%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
-0.6%-80.3%0.11-0.010.8x74252%
Buy and hold7.2%-80.8%0.370.0924.7x1100%
1x 10x 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% -20% -40% -61% -81% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -71.5% (1983-11-15 → 1986-12-30), recovered after 4,052 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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