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TrustCo Bank Corp NY backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of TrustCo Bank Corp NY. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1983-04-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,906 (43.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.1%, drawdown -72.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 1.8%, MDD -13.2%, Sharpe 0.50, 4% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.5%, MDD -63.5%, exposure 57%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=45
1.8%-13.2%0.500.142.2x44%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=86
4.5%-63.5%0.290.076.7x12957%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=78
3.3%-71.9%0.250.054.0x9566%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=50
2.5%-77.5%0.220.032.9x16158%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.5
-0.1%-89.7%0.12-0.001.0x11957%
MACD
fast=31, slow=68, signal=24
-1.8%-90.8%0.05-0.020.4x31949%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-2.1%-93.4%0.04-0.020.4x33754%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=14, mult=4
-0.5%-53.0%0.00-0.010.8x223%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.8
-2.0%-86.7%-0.04-0.020.4x11420%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.04
-7.2%-99.6%-0.10-0.070.0x56769%
Buy and hold7.1%-72.2%0.360.1019.8x1100%
1x 10x 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -36% -54% -72% 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -13.2% (1984-01-20 → 1984-04-26), recovered after 193 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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