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Constellation Brands, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Constellation Brands, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1992-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,654 (34.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.8%, drawdown -67.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -55.3%, Sharpe 0.49, 86% 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=15, exitN=76
10.2%-55.3%0.490.1827.9x8686%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=173
8.7%-63.1%0.460.1417.5x5065%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=124
6.9%-61.3%0.400.1110.0x9065%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=2.8
6.1%-50.1%0.370.127.7x25061%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=0.04
5.6%-74.4%0.350.086.5x27056%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=65, atrPeriod=37, mult=2.8
3.3%-50.5%0.270.073.1x13240%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.2
1.4%-12.6%0.240.111.6x263%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=18
2.1%-30.5%0.230.072.0x8420%
MACD
fast=19, slow=51, signal=22
2.1%-69.0%0.200.032.0x34851%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
-1.3%-73.6%0.06-0.020.6x59855%
Buy and hold13.8%-67.4%0.560.2084.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -67% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.3% (1995-09-14 → 1996-10-16), recovered after 749 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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