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Silgan Holdings Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Silgan Holdings Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-02-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,410 (29.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.5%, drawdown -86.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.9%, MDD -50.6%, Sharpe 0.41, 66% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.9%, MDD -52.6%, exposure 56%.

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=211
6.9%-50.6%0.410.147.2x3466%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=61
6.9%-52.6%0.400.137.2x13956%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=47
5.9%-73.1%0.350.085.4x10776%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
5.4%-59.9%0.340.094.7x7756%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=33
2.2%-26.3%0.330.091.9x143%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.9
3.1%-36.5%0.300.082.4x5018%
ROC 모멘텀
n=168, threshold=-0.09
4.0%-59.7%0.280.073.2x13578%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.9
1.2%-18.4%0.200.061.4x343%
MACD
fast=16, slow=25, signal=19
-1.7%-78.8%0.05-0.020.6x39650%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
-3.1%-95.4%-0.02-0.030.4x55852%
Buy and hold9.5%-86.1%0.430.1114.4x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -43% -65% -86% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -50.6% (2007-07-17 → 2009-09-01), recovered after 2,820 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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