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NBT Bancorp Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NBT Bancorp Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1992-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,654 (34.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.5%, drawdown -60.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.0%, MDD -63.7%, Sharpe 0.32, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=3, threshold=-0.12
5.0%-63.7%0.320.085.4x29100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=42, exitN=268
4.8%-66.7%0.310.075.0x1991%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=38
1.6%-17.2%0.230.091.7x27%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=72
1.8%-73.7%0.200.021.9x14756%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=130
0.2%-80.0%0.140.001.1x7559%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.1
-0.4%-75.3%0.12-0.010.9x9757%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.7
0.3%-9.3%0.090.031.1x61%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=2.9
-1.5%-58.0%-0.06-0.030.6x6411%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-4.8%-92.9%-0.07-0.050.2x29554%
MACD
fast=18, slow=40, signal=17
-14.9%-99.7%-0.53-0.150.0x50950%
Buy and hold6.5%-60.2%0.350.118.6x1100%
1x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -63.7% (1998-12-04 → 2000-06-22), recovered after 3,576 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 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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