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Perdoceo Education Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Perdoceo Education Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1998-01-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,170 (28.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.5%, drawdown -97.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.1%, MDD -80.2%, Sharpe 0.46, 62% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=30
11.1%-80.2%0.460.1420.2x12462%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=41
8.2%-79.6%0.390.109.3x18455%
ROC 모멘텀
n=185, threshold=0.07
6.9%-80.4%0.360.096.7x19653%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=2.9
5.7%-84.3%0.340.074.8x19755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=197
5.6%-87.9%0.330.064.7x3758%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=8, mult=1.5
5.0%-78.4%0.310.064.0x25226%
MACD
fast=23, slow=49, signal=19
3.4%-94.0%0.280.042.6x27249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
3.6%-82.2%0.280.042.7x47552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=39
1.6%-18.8%0.280.091.6x62%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=2.5
2.6%-64.2%0.220.042.1x11427%
Buy and hold9.5%-97.1%0.440.1013.2x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -97% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -80.2% (2009-02-25 → 2013-03-04), recovered after 2,815 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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