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Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. backtest

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

Data 1994-05-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,099 (32.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.7%, drawdown -69.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.1%, MDD -69.0%, Sharpe 0.32, 60% 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=17, mult=4.2
5.1%-69.0%0.320.074.9x13760%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=27
4.9%-67.9%0.320.074.6x14556%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=190
4.9%-64.7%0.310.084.7x4967%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=124
3.9%-71.2%0.280.063.4x8368%
MACD
fast=54, slow=74, signal=18
3.7%-52.0%0.270.073.2x21250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
3.4%-74.8%0.260.053.0x28155%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.8
0.7%-16.0%0.180.051.3x283%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=-0.04
0.0%-89.3%0.140.001.0x29872%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=63, k=1.2
0.4%-64.3%0.130.011.1x19446%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=29
0.4%-22.5%0.110.021.2x103%
Buy and hold13.7%-69.3%0.540.2061.6x1100%
1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -69.0% (2005-09-12 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 6,519 days.

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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