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Planet Labs PBC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Planet Labs PBC. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 29.8%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 2021-04-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,323 (5.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.7%, drawdown -85.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 47.1%, MDD -62.2%, Sharpe 0.92, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 32.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.5%p (CAGR 29.8%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 27%).

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=80, exitN=41
47.1%-62.2%0.920.767.6x639%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=215
46.2%-62.1%0.900.747.4x738%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=171
43.2%-62.1%0.880.706.6x334%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=3.1
29.8%-39.9%0.760.754.0x1027%
ROC 모멘텀
n=84, threshold=0.14
31.5%-55.3%0.760.574.2x3032%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=17, mult=0.9
30.0%-73.9%0.720.414.0x3235%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=19
23.2%-46.5%0.650.503.0x1029%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.14
23.8%-80.0%0.650.303.1x6243%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
10.7%-65.2%0.460.161.7x1446%
MACD
fast=15, slow=35, signal=8
10.5%-87.2%0.450.121.7x10252%
Buy and hold14.7%-85.7%0.560.172.1x1100%
1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.2% (2021-11-22 → 2024-09-06), recovered after 1,158 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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