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Cohen & Steers Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cohen & Steers Inc. 3 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 12.7%, MDD -32.9%).

Data 2004-08-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,525 (22.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -86.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.7%, MDD -32.9%, Sharpe 0.63, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.1%p (CAGR 12.7%, MDD -32.9%, exposure 52%).

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=18, exitN=18
12.7%-32.9%0.630.3913.9x11752%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=39
10.4%-47.5%0.530.228.7x16953%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.8
9.1%-39.0%0.490.236.8x9950%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.3
8.1%-41.3%0.470.205.6x13542%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=44
8.7%-40.6%0.460.216.3x11555%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.6
7.1%-51.2%0.440.144.5x15737%
MACD
fast=11, slow=49, signal=12
6.9%-59.6%0.380.124.3x33952%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
6.2%-55.0%0.360.113.8x19851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=17
2.8%-50.3%0.240.051.8x25237%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=-0.03
2.5%-70.4%0.230.041.7x18363%
Buy and hold8.7%-86.0%0.410.106.3x1100%
1x 10x 2005 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% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.9% (2010-04-15 → 2011-12-13), recovered after 1,321 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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