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Northeast Bank backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Northeast Bank. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -40.8%).

Data 1987-08-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,811 (38.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -72.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.1%, MDD -52.4%, Sharpe 0.53, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.1%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -40.8%, 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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=61, slow=216
11.1%-52.4%0.530.2159.4x2164%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=216
9.3%-40.8%0.470.2332.4x5961%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=78, exitN=84
7.5%-47.5%0.390.1616.8x5762%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=24
3.3%-25.6%0.280.133.5x4412%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=3.4
2.4%-42.7%0.240.062.5x6214%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.08
2.8%-81.9%0.240.032.9x29379%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-2.6%-87.7%0.04-0.030.4x26354%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=35, mult=4
-3.5%-84.2%-0.09-0.040.3x15226%
MACD
fast=24, slow=71, signal=31
-7.7%-97.9%-0.15-0.080.0x37248%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.7
-9.3%-99.7%-0.19-0.090.0x29355%
Buy and hold8.7%-72.4%0.410.1225.6x1100%
1x 10x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -72% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -52.4% (2017-10-10 → 2020-09-23), recovered after 1,462 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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