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ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR -0.6%, MDD -11.9%).

Data 2007-12-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,694 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -15.3%, drawdown -96.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -18.4%, Sharpe 0.10, 14% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 15.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.1%p (CAGR -0.6%, MDD -11.9%, exposure 6%).

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=112, exitN=12
0.4%-18.4%0.100.021.1x2414%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2
0.3%-21.2%0.080.021.1x3619%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.9
-0.1%-16.1%-0.01-0.011.0x167%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.5
-2.3%-49.3%-0.11-0.050.6x5440%
ROC 모멘텀
n=167, threshold=0.19
-0.6%-11.9%-0.12-0.050.9x526%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=29
-0.7%-16.1%-0.24-0.050.9x142%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=169
-5.7%-79.9%-0.25-0.070.3x3031%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-7.5%-78.8%-0.39-0.100.2x13454%
MACD
fast=33, slow=66, signal=26
-8.2%-83.1%-0.42-0.100.2x12453%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=152
-5.1%-63.5%-0.42-0.080.4x3827%
Buy and hold-15.3%-96.6%-0.41-0.160.0x1100%
0.1 1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -97% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -18.4% (2012-07-30 → 2017-04-12), recovered after 2,751 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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