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Octave Specialty Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Octave Specialty Group, Inc.. 9 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 -0.8%, MDD -19.4%).

Data 2013-05-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,333 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -9.4%, drawdown -88.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -61.7%, Sharpe 0.18, 76% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -43.2%, exposure 17%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 9.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.9%p (CAGR -0.8%, MDD -19.4%, exposure 6%).

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=11, exitN=44
-0.1%-61.7%0.18-0.001.0x5976%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.1
0.4%-43.2%0.100.011.1x5817%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=79
-1.0%-64.5%0.09-0.020.9x4144%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
-4.2%-70.9%-0.01-0.060.6x3750%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=44
-3.5%-68.6%-0.01-0.050.6x4146%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=25
-0.8%-19.4%-0.05-0.040.9x126%
ROC 모멘텀
n=64, threshold=0.04
-4.9%-61.4%-0.07-0.080.5x13140%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.34
-7.2%-86.4%-0.10-0.080.4x45849%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=2
-4.9%-64.7%-0.13-0.080.5x10427%
MACD
fast=14, slow=27, signal=19
-10.6%-87.7%-0.18-0.120.2x17247%
Buy and hold-9.4%-88.6%0.02-0.110.3x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -89% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.7% (2014-03-05 → 2016-02-10), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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