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Sherwin-Williams Company (The) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sherwin-Williams Company (The). 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

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 16.5%, drawdown -53.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.9%, MDD -57.4%, Sharpe 0.63, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
entryN=1, exitN=149
14.9%-57.4%0.630.26616.9x8598%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 95%
n=28, threshold=-0.12
11.6%-65.5%0.540.18160.0x21195%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=219
8.2%-64.7%0.460.1338.0x6872%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=151
7.0%-60.8%0.410.1123.0x7874%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
5.5%-56.5%0.370.1011.9x14960%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.1
3.6%-60.3%0.300.065.2x25146%
MACD
fast=29, slow=50, signal=20
3.9%-65.5%0.290.065.8x43550%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=32
1.0%-14.6%0.290.071.6x82%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=1.6
3.5%-51.6%0.290.075.0x29345%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
2.4%-77.3%0.220.032.9x39357%
Buy and hold16.5%-53.5%0.670.311194.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 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% -14% -29% -43% -57% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -57.4% (2007-07-19 → 2009-03-19), recovered after 1,693 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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