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Chimera Investment Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Chimera Investment Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2007-11-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,696 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -14.3%, drawdown -96.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.22, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 14.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 95.9%p (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -0.5%, exposure 0%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=30
0.4%-0.5%0.220.881.1x20%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=4.7
-2.2%-53.2%-0.02-0.040.7x5849%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=145
-2.5%-53.1%-0.04-0.050.6x4448%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=112, exitN=74
-1.9%-45.6%-0.06-0.040.7x2639%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=91
-2.6%-49.8%-0.07-0.050.6x3848%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3.5
-0.3%-11.8%-0.08-0.021.0x61%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.1
-1.2%-28.1%-0.14-0.040.8x286%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.24
-6.5%-79.2%-0.14-0.080.3x23450%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=0.05
-4.8%-64.9%-0.26-0.070.4x16433%
MACD
fast=12, slow=33, signal=18
-12.2%-92.0%-0.27-0.130.1x28649%
Buy and hold-14.3%-96.4%-0.14-0.150.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-06-08 → 2020-06-09), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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