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Assurant, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Assurant, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.8%, MDD -29.3%).

Data 2004-02-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,657 (22.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.4%, drawdown -81.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.1%, MDD -49.9%, Sharpe 0.63, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.9%p (CAGR 9.8%, MDD -29.3%, exposure 68%).

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=75
13.1%-49.9%0.630.2615.9x3785%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=95
9.8%-29.3%0.600.338.2x5768%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.8
5.3%-17.7%0.550.303.2x4525%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=114
8.5%-30.2%0.520.286.2x9165%
ROC 모멘텀
n=85, threshold=-0.04
8.9%-39.4%0.510.236.8x15576%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.7
8.3%-59.1%0.490.146.0x6566%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=19
2.3%-23.3%0.310.101.7x5320%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=11, mult=2.7
2.5%-34.3%0.250.071.8x9743%
MACD
fast=17, slow=38, signal=17
1.8%-47.9%0.190.041.5x27050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-1.2%-60.7%0.04-0.020.8x20960%
Buy and hold11.4%-81.8%0.500.1411.2x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -49.9% (2007-12-24 → 2009-03-05), recovered after 823 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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