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Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2018-02-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,151 (8.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 31.1%, drawdown -46.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 31.6%, MDD -38.7%, Sharpe 1.04, 77% 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=23, exitN=76
31.6%-38.7%1.040.8210.5x1177%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=219
28.8%-45.1%0.960.648.7x1371%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=-0.05
24.2%-44.1%0.880.556.4x5974%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=247
25.6%-45.1%0.870.577.1x976%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=3.4
19.1%-32.4%0.780.594.5x4160%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=60, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.2
17.8%-34.4%0.750.524.0x5356%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=0.9
16.4%-34.3%0.720.483.7x5154%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.22
12.0%-32.0%0.550.382.6x18557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=33
1.9%-6.8%0.440.281.2x22%
MACD
fast=13, slow=37, signal=4
5.5%-46.8%0.330.121.6x21251%
Buy and hold31.1%-46.4%0.890.6710.1x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.7% (2021-11-05 → 2022-09-29), recovered after 885 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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