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Ponce Financial Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ponce Financial Group, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -33.1%).

Data 2017-10-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,219 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.4%, drawdown -54.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.6%, MDD -34.9%, Sharpe 0.58, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 4.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.5%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -33.1%, exposure 64%).

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
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.5
11.6%-34.9%0.580.332.6x1960%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=19
9.1%-39.4%0.480.232.2x4558%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.03
8.6%-33.1%0.480.262.1x4364%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=197
7.1%-32.9%0.430.211.8x2558%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=126
6.5%-30.7%0.400.211.7x3558%
MACD
fast=25, slow=46, signal=17
4.7%-43.1%0.310.111.5x8047%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.2
3.7%-22.8%0.280.161.4x6937%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=1.5
3.4%-23.9%0.260.141.3x7139%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=13
3.3%-30.1%0.260.111.3x12744%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
1.1%-49.9%0.160.021.1x7253%
Buy and hold7.4%-54.4%0.380.141.9x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -27% -41% -54% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.9% (2017-11-28 → 2020-08-31), recovered after 1,275 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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