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PENN Entertainment, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PENN Entertainment, Inc.. 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 12.5%, MDD -59.5%).

Data 1994-05-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,099 (32.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.7%, drawdown -91.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.5%, MDD -59.5%, Sharpe 0.52, 48% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 13.0%, MDD -85.4%, exposure 57%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.9%p (CAGR 12.5%, MDD -59.5%, exposure 48%).

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=91, exitN=54
12.5%-59.5%0.520.2144.1x5348%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
13.0%-85.4%0.520.1551.1x8557%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.7
10.5%-73.3%0.470.1424.5x18743%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.2
10.3%-74.8%0.470.1423.7x20945%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=19
7.7%-40.6%0.460.1910.9x3412%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=0.08
9.7%-84.6%0.450.1119.7x31344%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=32
9.9%-81.0%0.440.1220.7x27956%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=205
9.6%-88.2%0.430.1119.3x5156%
MACD
fast=27, slow=31, signal=23
8.2%-74.8%0.400.1112.7x32252%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
-1.0%-92.2%0.15-0.010.7x55454%
Buy and hold15.7%-91.4%0.540.17108.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -69% -91% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -59.5% (2021-03-15 → 2026-04-22), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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