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Willis Lease Finance Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Willis Lease Finance Corporation. 1 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 16.9%, MDD -53.2%).

Data 1996-09-18 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,535 (29.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.3%, drawdown -88.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.9%, MDD -53.2%, Sharpe 0.58, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.9%p (CAGR 16.9%, MDD -53.2%, exposure 84%).

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=11, exitN=63
16.9%-53.2%0.580.32107.5x9284%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=30
5.1%-36.0%0.420.144.4x4610%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=59
8.0%-71.2%0.390.1110.1x18256%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=70
6.8%-82.3%0.360.087.1x9059%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=3.1
5.4%-83.2%0.320.074.9x19256%
MACD
fast=17, slow=25, signal=17
5.3%-85.0%0.320.064.8x39849%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
5.0%-68.2%0.310.074.3x47849%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2
2.8%-77.1%0.240.042.3x11032%
ROC 모멘텀
n=65, threshold=-0.04
1.3%-89.6%0.210.011.5x38068%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=28, mult=1.6
0.5%-92.7%0.150.011.2x23035%
Buy and hold10.3%-88.1%0.450.1218.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -53.2% (2007-10-17 → 2009-03-10), recovered after 835 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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