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Selective Insurance Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Selective Insurance Group, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -65.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -57.6%, Sharpe 0.42, 89% 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=14, exitN=122
8.2%-57.6%0.420.1439.0x7789%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=100
6.0%-63.2%0.370.1015.0x12962%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=182
4.5%-63.4%0.310.077.8x7767%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=30
1.9%-18.0%0.290.112.4x389%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=-0.15
3.2%-72.7%0.250.044.2x23792%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=3.4
0.7%-17.1%0.220.041.4x142%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.7
2.1%-65.8%0.210.032.7x19959%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=29, mult=4
0.4%-21.8%0.110.021.2x264%
MACD
fast=21, slow=52, signal=24
-3.1%-91.7%-0.04-0.030.2x46051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
-6.1%-99.3%-0.17-0.060.1x100254%
Buy and hold10.6%-65.0%0.480.16106.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -49% -65% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -57.6% (2006-01-31 → 2009-04-27), recovered after 3,537 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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