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Brighthouse Financial, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Brighthouse Financial, Inc.. 3 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 0.4%, MDD -10.3%).

Data 2017-07-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,273 (9.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.4%, drawdown -77.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR -1.0%, MDD -55.9%, Sharpe 0.17, 74% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -10.3%, exposure 3%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.2%p (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -10.3%, exposure 3%).

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=21, exitN=62
-1.0%-55.9%0.17-0.020.9x2574%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=36
0.4%-10.3%0.130.041.0x83%
MACD
fast=19, slow=39, signal=19
-1.8%-59.7%0.11-0.030.9x10051%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.5
-0.0%-20.8%0.04-0.001.0x41%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=143
-4.2%-59.5%0.02-0.070.7x1950%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=2.5
-7.7%-66.8%-0.07-0.120.5x9053%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=0.02
-8.0%-63.0%-0.16-0.130.5x13347%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=186
-7.9%-61.6%-0.16-0.130.5x1948%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.2
-10.2%-64.9%-0.19-0.160.4x29352%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.6
-2.8%-38.1%-0.20-0.070.8x125%
Buy and hold-1.4%-77.0%0.21-0.020.9x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -39% -58% -77% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.9% (2018-01-29 → 2020-04-21), recovered after 1,141 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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