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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Avidbank Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Avidbank Holdings, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -44.6%).

Data 2004-07-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,550 (22.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.6%, drawdown -70.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -57.4%, Sharpe 0.39, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.3%p (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 63%).

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=82, exitN=78
5.5%-57.4%0.390.103.3x3561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=219
5.1%-44.6%0.380.113.0x2963%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=93
5.5%-48.8%0.370.113.2x5159%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=100, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.4
4.4%-51.8%0.340.082.6x6553%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.7
3.6%-51.7%0.300.072.2x9344%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=38
1.7%-25.5%0.210.071.4x4612%
ROC 모멘텀
n=136, threshold=-0.01
1.8%-69.4%0.190.031.5x9564%
MACD
fast=28, slow=50, signal=23
-0.3%-79.1%0.09-0.000.9x14645%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.28
-3.4%-86.3%-0.07-0.040.5x27553%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.7
-5.0%-90.1%-0.16-0.060.3x19154%
Buy and hold4.6%-70.8%0.300.062.7x1100%
1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -57.4% (2005-04-01 → 2012-02-03), recovered after 4,261 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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