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Progressive Corporation (The) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Progressive Corporation (The). 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.4%, drawdown -71.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.8%, MDD -58.8%, Sharpe 0.76, 83% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=22, exitN=81
16.8%-58.8%0.760.291339.6x8983%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=26, mult=3
5.6%-17.3%0.690.3312.7x12211%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=190
13.3%-50.2%0.670.27331.3x5474%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.9
11.6%-48.9%0.670.24162.6x17858%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=172
12.4%-59.5%0.640.21225.6x10170%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=9, threshold=33
6.7%-39.1%0.530.1719.8x47430%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
8.8%-53.8%0.520.1649.9x40656%
MACD
fast=16, slow=42, signal=19
8.2%-48.0%0.510.1739.0x51051%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=-0.04
9.0%-75.1%0.490.1254.5x42375%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=1.4
6.8%-57.1%0.470.1221.1x27247%
Buy and hold19.4%-71.2%0.760.273670.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.8% (1986-08-22 → 1988-05-24), recovered after 1,476 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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