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Lakeland Financial Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lakeland Financial Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-08-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,285 (29.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -63.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.9%, MDD -5.7%, Sharpe 0.37, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 3.7%, MDD -55.8%, exposure 62%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=42
0.9%-5.7%0.370.151.3x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=13, mult=4
1.9%-15.4%0.320.121.7x206%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=252
3.7%-55.8%0.270.072.9x3362%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=155
2.1%-67.3%0.210.031.8x4965%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=10, exitN=79
-0.3%-79.1%0.15-0.000.9x8788%
Supertrend
period=4, mult=4
-0.2%-67.6%0.11-0.001.0x12156%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.4
0.4%-42.1%0.090.011.1x226%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-4.0%-79.1%-0.05-0.050.3x24353%
MACD
fast=18, slow=44, signal=30
-5.6%-84.4%-0.13-0.070.2x29349%
ROC 모멘텀
n=184, threshold=0.14
-5.0%-86.6%-0.25-0.060.2x26629%
Buy and hold8.1%-63.6%0.400.139.6x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -5.7% (2002-05-31 → 2002-06-18), recovered after 28 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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