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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Axos Financial, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Axos Financial, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.9%, MDD -53.3%).

Data 2005-03-16 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,399 (21.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.8%, drawdown -70.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.9%, MDD -58.6%, Sharpe 0.67, 74% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.0%p (CAGR 14.9%, MDD -53.3%, exposure 60%).

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=23, exitN=62
17.9%-58.6%0.670.3134.1x4574%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=112
16.0%-61.6%0.640.2624.1x4561%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.14
13.9%-53.3%0.640.2616.2x13642%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=139
14.9%-53.3%0.620.2819.8x2960%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3.4
11.5%-41.7%0.530.2810.4x11151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=0.9
9.5%-60.6%0.470.167.0x19647%
MACD
fast=23, slow=65, signal=12
9.4%-60.6%0.450.166.9x21449%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=8, mult=2
8.0%-49.0%0.440.165.2x12440%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=26
3.1%-27.6%0.340.111.9x289%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.18
4.7%-69.8%0.310.072.7x35453%
Buy and hold17.8%-70.6%0.600.2533.5x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.6% (2021-11-24 → 2023-11-13), recovered after 1,078 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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