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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -33.4%).

Data 2010-04-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,107 (16.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.8%, drawdown -66.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -43.2%, Sharpe 0.58, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.8%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -33.4%, exposure 43%).

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=101, exitN=70
10.8%-43.2%0.580.255.3x1753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=150, threshold=0.04
9.9%-33.4%0.570.304.7x8143%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=217
9.5%-39.2%0.540.244.4x1752%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=144
8.5%-44.0%0.480.193.8x3354%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.6
5.1%-36.3%0.380.142.2x4327%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
4.7%-52.0%0.310.092.1x5553%
MACD
fast=19, slow=42, signal=16
4.5%-42.8%0.310.112.1x16154%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
2.4%-50.7%0.220.051.5x10551%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=25
2.0%-39.6%0.210.051.4x5218%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.9
1.4%-39.0%0.170.041.3x3718%
Buy and hold8.8%-66.1%0.430.134.0x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -66% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -43.2% (2013-05-20 → 2015-06-30), recovered after 1,303 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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