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Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 11.5%, MDD -30.9%).

Data 2017-11-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,213 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -82.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 19.1%, MDD -55.2%, Sharpe 0.72, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 8.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.1%p (CAGR 11.5%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 42%).

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
Supertrend
period=5, mult=2.2
19.1%-55.2%0.720.354.7x7654%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
18.3%-43.6%0.680.424.4x7454%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=189
15.8%-38.5%0.660.413.6x2154%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=28
16.0%-42.5%0.630.383.7x3459%
ROC 모멘텀
n=48, threshold=-0.04
16.5%-53.1%0.630.313.8x10366%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=89
14.1%-37.4%0.600.383.2x3056%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.3
13.1%-31.5%0.590.423.0x4245%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=12
13.2%-38.2%0.560.353.0x14053%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.5
11.5%-30.9%0.550.372.6x6242%
MACD
fast=11, slow=54, signal=14
11.1%-63.5%0.480.172.5x12049%
Buy and hold10.6%-82.3%0.470.132.4x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -82% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -55.2% (2022-01-13 → 2023-05-02), recovered after 700 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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