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CNO Financial Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CNO Financial Group, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -46.5%).

Data 2003-09-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,759 (22.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.5%, drawdown -99.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -83.0%, Sharpe 0.44, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 5.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.9%p (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -46.5%, exposure 63%).

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=12, exitN=56
10.2%-83.0%0.440.129.2x6584%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=202
8.4%-61.5%0.420.146.4x3157%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
8.4%-51.5%0.410.166.4x19552%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=209
7.3%-46.5%0.400.165.0x2763%
MACD
fast=16, slow=49, signal=30
7.4%-58.3%0.370.135.1x21452%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.7
6.2%-54.9%0.350.114.0x11355%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=-0.01
5.9%-71.1%0.340.083.7x19159%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=31, k=1.5
2.2%-71.8%0.220.031.7x20739%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=15, mult=1.7
1.7%-49.6%0.190.031.5x12345%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=13
0.1%-68.7%0.140.001.0x21137%
Buy and hold4.5%-99.0%0.380.052.7x1100%
0.1 1x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -83.0% (2006-04-05 → 2009-03-30), recovered after 1,238 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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