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Isabella Bank Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Isabella Bank Corporation. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -34.9%).

Data 2006-01-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,158 (20.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.2%, drawdown -65.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.5%, MDD -38.9%, Sharpe 0.28, 38% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.2%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -34.9%, exposure 47%).

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=72, exitN=38
3.5%-38.9%0.280.092.0x4838%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=90, slow=246
3.4%-34.9%0.280.102.0x1547%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=0.13
3.0%-37.0%0.280.081.8x6019%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=85
2.3%-44.0%0.220.051.6x7246%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=35
0.1%-8.7%0.060.011.0x42%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=3.2
0.1%-36.1%0.060.001.0x2812%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-3.1%-69.1%-0.06-0.040.5x12348%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=19, mult=4
-2.1%-61.0%-0.10-0.040.6x7422%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.3
-4.8%-84.7%-0.15-0.060.4x15246%
MACD
fast=19, slow=36, signal=26
-12.4%-94.6%-0.57-0.130.1x22747%
Buy and hold0.2%-65.1%0.160.001.0x1100%
1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -65% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.9% (2006-06-06 → 2011-10-11), recovered after 5,567 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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