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Thor Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Thor Industries, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -65.7%).

Data 1984-01-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,723 (42.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.1%, drawdown -82.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -65.7%, Sharpe 0.58, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 2.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.9%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -65.7%, exposure 52%).

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
MACD
fast=38, slow=47, signal=29
13.3%-65.7%0.580.20202.0x26552%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=1.9
9.9%-58.1%0.530.1755.6x26835%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=13, mult=1.9
10.2%-55.2%0.520.1862.1x23640%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=19
7.3%-47.7%0.450.1520.2x19028%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3
8.6%-57.2%0.430.1533.4x34652%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=51
8.5%-57.6%0.430.1531.8x27653%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=60
8.1%-58.7%0.420.1427.6x23552%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=25
7.9%-65.8%0.400.1225.7x28562%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
7.5%-64.8%0.400.1221.3x34152%
ROC 모멘텀
n=44, threshold=0.02
3.5%-76.0%0.260.054.3x61248%
Buy and hold11.1%-82.6%0.460.1389.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -65.7% (2006-10-13 → 2009-03-02), recovered after 1,837 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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