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Bank OZK backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bank OZK. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-07-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,305 (29.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.0%, drawdown -72.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.6%, MDD -65.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 84% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=68
14.6%-65.8%0.600.2252.6x7784%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=100
9.6%-66.5%0.490.1414.2x5761%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.9
7.8%-62.7%0.440.128.9x12356%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=176
8.0%-73.6%0.430.119.2x4161%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
7.8%-55.3%0.430.148.8x23555%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.5
6.7%-61.7%0.410.116.6x24243%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=15
4.9%-44.0%0.360.114.1x12229%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=36, mult=3
3.3%-33.2%0.340.102.6x7613%
MACD
fast=24, slow=36, signal=30
5.3%-65.0%0.330.084.5x25253%
ROC 모멘텀
n=134, threshold=0.13
4.3%-56.8%0.310.083.4x25640%
Buy and hold14.0%-72.5%0.540.1944.4x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -72% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -65.8% (1998-05-05 → 2000-12-13), recovered after 1,444 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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