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Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1993-03-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,396 (33.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.6%, drawdown -51.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -81.9%, Sharpe 0.37, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=11, threshold=-0.11
7.1%-81.9%0.370.099.8x10198%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=100
6.4%-50.1%0.370.137.9x9563%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=109
6.3%-64.7%0.360.107.8x5968%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=87, exitN=77
5.3%-52.1%0.330.105.6x5163%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.9
4.7%-43.0%0.320.114.6x11358%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=19
1.0%-61.9%0.140.021.4x9317%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=13, mult=4
0.6%-25.1%0.120.031.2x548%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=3.5
0.1%-36.7%0.040.001.0x142%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-4.3%-92.4%-0.07-0.050.2x28757%
MACD
fast=17, slow=27, signal=23
-8.0%-96.9%-0.26-0.080.1x46549%
Buy and hold12.6%-51.4%0.520.2552.7x1100%
1x 10x 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -81.9% (2006-09-28 → 2011-09-22), recovered after 5,501 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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