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Horizon Bancorp, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Horizon Bancorp, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 2002-01-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,179 (24.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -67.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.3%, MDD -39.9%, Sharpe 0.47, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.3%p (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 54%).

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=57, exitN=48
8.3%-39.9%0.470.217.1x5154%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.12
7.8%-62.1%0.420.136.4x10583%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=75
6.4%-52.7%0.390.124.6x8557%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.9
6.4%-41.5%0.390.154.6x8160%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=137
6.4%-53.1%0.380.124.6x4961%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.2
5.2%-35.5%0.370.153.5x10737%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.7
4.1%-34.2%0.350.122.7x6425%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
2.6%-60.8%0.230.041.9x18758%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=37
0.5%-12.2%0.130.041.1x204%
MACD
fast=19, slow=46, signal=17
-0.3%-65.0%0.10-0.000.9x28751%
Buy and hold8.1%-67.2%0.400.126.8x1100%
1x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -50% -67% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.9% (2018-06-08 → 2020-07-09), recovered after 900 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 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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