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Genworth Financial Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Genworth Financial Inc. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.3%, MDD -37.5%).

Data 2004-05-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,581 (22.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.1%, drawdown -97.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -63.0%, Sharpe 0.45, 67% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 13.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.7%p (CAGR 2.3%, MDD -37.5%, exposure 9%).

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=45, exitN=101
10.4%-63.0%0.450.168.9x2967%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=115
8.7%-82.1%0.430.116.4x5553%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
7.7%-68.7%0.390.115.2x6552%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.1
5.5%-59.4%0.330.093.3x10331%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=31, k=2.5
5.3%-42.8%0.330.123.2x9021%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=54
4.6%-88.2%0.300.052.7x10753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=109, threshold=-0.07
3.2%-93.2%0.270.032.0x17565%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=30
2.3%-37.5%0.220.061.7x569%
MACD
fast=19, slow=26, signal=17
-4.9%-94.6%0.14-0.050.3x28151%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.3
-4.5%-85.1%0.07-0.050.4x36951%
Buy and hold-3.1%-97.7%0.29-0.030.5x1100%
0.1 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% -24% -49% -73% -98% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.0% (2010-04-23 → 2012-10-01), recovered after 1,274 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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