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Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -10.6%).

Data 2021-05-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,314 (5.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.1%, drawdown -56.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 19.6%, MDD -26.8%, Sharpe 1.07, 22% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 23.1%, MDD -31.8%, exposure 33%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.4%p (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -10.6%, exposure 12%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=3
19.6%-26.8%1.070.732.6x1222%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=31
14.0%-10.6%1.051.332.0x1412%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.4
23.1%-31.8%0.960.733.0x3433%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=2.7
21.7%-36.9%0.810.592.8x2448%
MACD
fast=14, slow=57, signal=14
19.7%-54.2%0.730.362.6x5850%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=28
15.9%-28.4%0.680.562.2x835%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=188
13.9%-31.2%0.570.442.0x845%
ROC 모멘텀
n=94, threshold=0.13
12.4%-32.4%0.560.381.8x3634%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.3
13.3%-39.7%0.550.331.9x9550%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=107
11.9%-48.7%0.510.241.8x1049%
Buy and hold13.1%-56.2%0.500.231.9x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -26.8% (2023-03-08 → 2024-08-05), recovered after 868 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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