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Capital City Bank Group backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Capital City Bank Group. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 5.2%, MDD -59.8%).

Data 1994-06-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,093 (32.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.9%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.3%, MDD -78.2%, Sharpe 0.34, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 5.3%p (CAGR 5.2%, MDD -59.8%, exposure 58%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=12, threshold=-0.13
6.3%-78.2%0.340.087.2x9598%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=285
5.2%-59.8%0.310.095.1x4158%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=117, exitN=77
3.8%-72.7%0.260.053.3x3754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=66
3.6%-60.2%0.260.063.1x9360%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=9, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.9
2.4%-9.8%0.230.242.1x68%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=33
2.3%-9.8%0.220.242.1x28%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.5
2.4%-39.5%0.210.062.2x3615%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.5
-1.0%-79.4%0.09-0.010.7x8556%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-5.2%-95.0%-0.06-0.060.2x25356%
MACD
fast=15, slow=40, signal=18
-9.4%-97.4%-0.25-0.100.0x41148%
Buy and hold6.9%-83.4%0.360.088.6x1100%
1x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -78.2% (2003-12-30 → 2012-06-21), recovered after 6,784 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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