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Timberland Bancorp, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Timberland Bancorp, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -43.6%).

Data 1998-01-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,181 (28.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.6%, drawdown -87.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.9%, MDD -43.6%, Sharpe 0.60, 39% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 10.1%, MDD -44.0%, exposure 56%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.9%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -43.6%, exposure 39%).

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=76, exitN=24
9.9%-43.6%0.600.2314.6x5339%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=192
10.1%-44.0%0.580.2315.5x3556%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=234
9.7%-49.3%0.560.2014.0x2962%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=97, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
5.8%-55.4%0.450.105.0x4537%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.6
5.4%-42.3%0.420.134.5x7329%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=26
1.8%-18.3%0.250.101.7x8412%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
2.9%-58.2%0.240.052.2x19753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.02
1.4%-63.2%0.170.021.5x30952%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.7
0.8%-84.0%0.150.011.2x9361%
MACD
fast=23, slow=26, signal=23
-5.9%-84.8%-0.10-0.070.2x34449%
Buy and hold6.6%-87.5%0.360.086.2x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -87% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -43.6% (2010-04-26 → 2011-02-02), recovered after 1,002 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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