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Red River Bancshares, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Red River Bancshares, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2019-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,821 (7.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -47.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -26.0%, Sharpe 0.41, 46% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -49.6%, exposure 75%.

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
MACD
fast=16, slow=57, signal=25
6.8%-26.0%0.410.261.6x6346%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=13, exitN=41
7.4%-49.6%0.400.151.7x2775%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=67
4.4%-47.8%0.300.091.4x2555%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.6
4.1%-40.6%0.290.101.3x2953%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=0.23
2.9%-36.7%0.290.081.2x4118%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=218
3.7%-57.0%0.260.061.3x1757%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=18, mult=3
2.2%-21.4%0.240.101.2x1815%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.4
1.4%-11.9%0.230.121.1x86%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=28
0.2%-6.0%0.070.041.0x23%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
-1.4%-50.7%0.06-0.030.9x8952%
Buy and hold10.0%-47.0%0.440.212.0x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파MACDBuy and hold
MACD (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -25% -37% -50% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파MACD
MACD maximum drawdown -26.0% (2021-03-12 → 2023-11-01), recovered after 1,572 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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