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SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. backtest

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

Data 2010-03-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,109 (16.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.3%, drawdown -49.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -41.3%, Sharpe 0.63, 83% 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=60
12.9%-41.3%0.630.317.3x4383%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.4
10.9%-33.6%0.630.335.4x5562%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=64
10.0%-34.7%0.570.294.7x7361%
MACD
fast=22, slow=67, signal=33
8.5%-30.3%0.530.283.8x11549%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=117
8.5%-42.4%0.510.203.8x6167%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.09
9.2%-50.4%0.490.184.2x7380%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=3.5
2.9%-16.3%0.400.181.6x1711%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=32
1.1%-5.5%0.390.201.2x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.5
3.9%-34.2%0.320.111.9x7140%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
4.4%-39.4%0.320.112.0x14358%
Buy and hold15.3%-49.3%0.640.3110.2x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -25% -37% -49% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -41.3% (2022-01-12 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 1,122 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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