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Annaly Capital Management Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Annaly Capital Management Inc.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -10.9%).

Data 1997-10-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,247 (28.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.8%, drawdown -82.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 0.7%, MDD -11.7%, Sharpe 0.19, 2% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 70.9%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -10.9%, exposure 1%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.5
0.7%-11.7%0.190.061.2x102%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=67, slow=180
-1.4%-74.6%0.02-0.020.7x5247%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=96, exitN=53
-1.1%-62.2%0.00-0.020.7x4638%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.9
-0.0%-10.9%-0.01-0.001.0x61%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=21
-0.2%-13.8%-0.03-0.020.9x182%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.6
-2.9%-73.4%-0.04-0.040.4x10151%
MACD
fast=31, slow=39, signal=28
-3.1%-67.9%-0.05-0.050.4x23954%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-4.0%-77.9%-0.11-0.050.3x23754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=54
-3.7%-83.5%-0.13-0.040.3x10350%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0.12
-3.8%-83.7%-0.29-0.050.3x21419%
Buy and hold-2.8%-82.6%0.06-0.030.4x1100%
1x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -11.7% (2001-02-28 → 2001-07-03), recovered after 460 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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