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Tiptree Inc. backtest

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

Data 2010-10-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,971 (15.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -55.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.6%, MDD -51.1%, Sharpe 0.27, 45% 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=127, exitN=75
3.6%-51.1%0.270.071.7x1645%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.5
2.7%-41.6%0.240.071.5x169%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=15, mult=4
2.4%-33.0%0.230.071.4x102%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=64
1.6%-55.2%0.210.031.3x7753%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=72, slow=214
1.0%-60.2%0.200.021.2x1858%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=34
0.7%-37.3%0.120.021.1x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-2.1%-76.9%0.10-0.030.7x10454%
MACD
fast=30, slow=38, signal=17
-7.8%-87.5%-0.08-0.090.3x17450%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=5
-6.5%-84.1%-0.08-0.080.3x5342%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=0.1
-10.6%-90.4%-0.30-0.120.2x18832%
Buy and hold8.6%-55.9%0.410.153.7x1100%
1x 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% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -51.1% (2012-05-16 → 2019-07-02), recovered after 3,249 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 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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