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Unity Bancorp, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Unity Bancorp, Inc.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -47.7%).

Data 1997-01-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,433 (29.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.5%, drawdown -88.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -52.5%, Sharpe 0.70, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 8.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.0%p (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -47.7%, exposure 64%).

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=75, exitN=117
15.8%-52.5%0.700.3075.9x1364%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=87, slow=149
14.0%-47.7%0.640.2947.5x2164%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=223
13.1%-52.9%0.610.2537.5x3163%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=-0.04
9.5%-63.7%0.470.1514.6x20569%
Supertrend
period=42, mult=5
4.5%-63.6%0.300.073.7x8361%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=62, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.4
1.6%-42.5%0.180.041.6x7428%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=51, threshold=12
1.5%-54.7%0.180.031.6x14036%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
0.2%-57.1%0.140.001.1x20452%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=2.3
0.5%-41.0%0.120.011.1x10933%
MACD
fast=22, slow=42, signal=20
-7.0%-93.3%-0.11-0.070.1x32348%
Buy and hold7.5%-88.5%0.390.088.5x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -52.5% (1998-05-15 → 2001-04-25), recovered after 1,368 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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