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Hanover Insurance Group Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.7%, MDD -60.8%).

Data 1995-10-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,751 (30.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.6%, drawdown -90.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -63.3%, Sharpe 0.55, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.8%p (CAGR 8.7%, MDD -60.8%, exposure 65%).

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=14, exitN=61
11.5%-63.3%0.550.1828.4x8184%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=148
8.7%-60.8%0.530.1413.1x6365%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=98
7.3%-60.8%0.470.128.7x5765%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.3
5.9%-42.5%0.400.145.9x11558%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=-0.04
6.2%-61.8%0.400.106.3x19173%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=77, k=3.1
2.9%-49.9%0.330.062.4x2914%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
3.7%-35.1%0.280.103.0x16560%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=39
0.5%-6.0%0.250.081.2x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.9
1.0%-50.2%0.140.021.4x6719%
MACD
fast=19, slow=48, signal=24
0.2%-67.9%0.110.001.1x29751%
Buy and hold7.6%-90.1%0.390.089.5x1100%
1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.3% (2006-04-25 → 2009-04-24), recovered after 3,367 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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