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Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.9%, MDD -52.2%).

Data 1994-02-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,171 (32.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.2%, drawdown -95.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.9%, MDD -52.2%, Sharpe 0.61, 60% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.4%, MDD -83.7%, exposure 76%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.8%p (CAGR 15.9%, MDD -52.2%, exposure 60%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=96
15.9%-52.2%0.610.31121.4x8760%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=59
17.4%-83.7%0.570.21182.8x9376%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=167
11.7%-71.7%0.500.1636.4x9363%
ROC 모멘텀
n=90, threshold=-0.04
12.9%-67.5%0.480.1950.8x31569%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.5
7.5%-78.8%0.360.1010.5x15556%
MACD
fast=24, slow=38, signal=9
5.3%-92.2%0.310.065.4x42752%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=2.7
4.8%-62.6%0.280.084.5x9917%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.7
4.6%-79.7%0.280.064.3x15937%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
2.8%-94.6%0.260.032.5x40552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=13
2.8%-72.8%0.240.042.5x27743%
Buy and hold16.2%-95.0%0.540.17129.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -52.2% (2003-01-23 → 2009-07-10), recovered after 2,391 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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