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Stifel Financial Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Stifel Financial Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -49.0%).

Data 1983-07-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,844 (43.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.9%, drawdown -78.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.4%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 0.46, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.4%p (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -49.0%, exposure 61%).

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=54, exitN=65
9.4%-49.0%0.460.1947.9x8361%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=108
5.9%-78.7%0.340.0811.9x11659%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=-0.04
5.3%-72.4%0.320.079.3x41368%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=198
4.1%-68.6%0.280.065.7x6363%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.9
3.2%-62.2%0.250.053.9x19356%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.3
3.1%-61.9%0.250.053.7x23942%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
1.3%-69.2%0.180.021.7x33752%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.6
1.2%-66.9%0.170.021.7x32144%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=37
0.6%-23.4%0.170.031.3x61%
MACD
fast=18, slow=34, signal=19
-0.2%-83.5%0.13-0.000.9x52352%
Buy and hold9.9%-78.4%0.440.1358.0x1100%
1x 10x 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -78% 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -49.0% (1987-09-30 → 1991-02-04), recovered after 1,568 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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