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CorVel Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CorVel Corp.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -52.6%).

Data 1991-06-28 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,856 (35.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.3%, drawdown -67.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -56.9%, Sharpe 0.59, 78% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.2%p (CAGR 14.0%, MDD -52.6%, exposure 60%).

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=19, exitN=55
15.8%-56.9%0.590.28173.8x8378%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=71
14.0%-52.6%0.590.2799.2x12360%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=46
11.6%-55.0%0.520.2147.6x10761%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
8.1%-84.0%0.410.1015.4x9559%
ROC 모멘텀
n=65, threshold=-0.04
7.7%-69.6%0.390.1113.8x40969%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=24
3.8%-40.8%0.310.093.7x4213%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=3.2
2.3%-61.3%0.230.042.3x5315%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=20, mult=3
1.6%-74.8%0.180.021.8x11327%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
-2.0%-95.9%0.08-0.020.5x62154%
MACD
fast=15, slow=24, signal=24
-5.0%-91.9%-0.03-0.050.2x48951%
Buy and hold16.3%-67.1%0.570.24202.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -50% -67% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.9% (2011-04-04 → 2013-01-16), recovered after 1,886 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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