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Goosehead Insurance, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Goosehead Insurance, Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 21.3%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 2018-04-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,076 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.0%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 37.4%, MDD -50.1%, Sharpe 0.97, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 19.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.3%p (CAGR 21.3%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 36%).

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
Supertrend
period=6, mult=2.6
37.4%-50.1%0.970.7513.8x5555%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.5
21.3%-42.8%0.740.504.9x2736%
ROC 모멘텀
n=28, threshold=-0.03
23.2%-57.5%0.690.405.6x12760%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=98, exitN=66
20.4%-50.2%0.680.414.6x951%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=143
21.1%-44.5%0.670.474.9x1059%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=143
19.3%-44.5%0.650.434.3x1251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=12
17.4%-58.5%0.610.303.8x8548%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3.2
8.6%-30.0%0.520.292.0x1612%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.26
5.1%-63.6%0.330.081.5x15154%
MACD
fast=15, slow=38, signal=16
-7.1%-83.9%0.03-0.080.5x12151%
Buy and hold18.0%-83.4%0.580.223.9x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -50.1% (2024-11-26 → 2026-05-06), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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