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Palomar Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Palomar Holdings, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -35.4%).

Data 2019-04-17 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,853 (7.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 30.1%, drawdown -62.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 31.4%, MDD -35.4%, Sharpe 0.94, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.5%p (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -35.4%, exposure 60%).

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=11, mult=3.1
31.4%-35.4%0.940.897.5x4060%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=18
29.9%-39.8%0.880.756.9x4872%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
26.2%-27.0%0.860.975.5x10453%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=33
9.9%-12.4%0.860.802.0x26%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=1.3
21.0%-28.0%0.770.754.1x5447%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=18
21.3%-48.4%0.710.444.2x7459%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=81
21.7%-57.8%0.700.384.3x2163%
MACD
fast=17, slow=47, signal=19
15.9%-37.0%0.620.433.0x7851%
ROC 모멘텀
n=28, threshold=0.03
14.4%-36.3%0.580.402.7x13851%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.4
10.5%-30.3%0.570.352.1x1825%
Buy and hold30.1%-62.9%0.790.486.9x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -63% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -35.4% (2021-02-11 → 2022-06-17), recovered after 1,127 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 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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