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Trinity Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Trinity Industries, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1973-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,424 (53.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.9%, drawdown -86.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.4%, MDD -73.1%, Sharpe 0.49, 44% 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=11, exitN=7
9.4%-73.1%0.490.13117.8x60844%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.7
8.2%-69.6%0.430.1267.4x49453%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
7.5%-84.9%0.400.0946.2x68052%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=96
7.4%-70.1%0.400.1145.7x13756%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=10
7.0%-71.5%0.390.1036.0x67253%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=1.6
6.1%-74.9%0.380.0823.5x56438%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.3
6.0%-59.6%0.360.1022.4x47445%
MACD
fast=11, slow=58, signal=13
6.0%-76.1%0.350.0822.5x76651%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=0.01
5.7%-71.3%0.340.0818.9x55754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=148
5.6%-73.2%0.340.0818.1x12158%
Buy and hold8.9%-86.5%0.410.1091.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -73.1% (2014-09-02 → 2022-07-22), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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