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Bank of Hawaii Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bank of Hawaii Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -47.3%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.4%, drawdown -65.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -47.3%, Sharpe 0.46, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.8%p (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -47.3%, exposure 57%).

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
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.5
7.0%-47.3%0.460.1522.6x16557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=30
2.0%-16.2%0.410.122.5x388%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=23, exitN=31
4.5%-72.2%0.320.067.6x20161%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.2
3.8%-70.9%0.310.055.6x30846%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=161
3.4%-57.6%0.270.064.7x7968%
MACD
fast=30, slow=91, signal=30
3.2%-73.1%0.260.044.4x29751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=19, mult=3
2.5%-46.4%0.260.053.1x16625%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
2.8%-72.7%0.240.043.5x39156%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=204
2.4%-65.5%0.220.043.0x8564%
ROC 모멘텀
n=129, threshold=-0.04
1.7%-74.3%0.180.022.2x36373%
Buy and hold8.4%-65.1%0.430.1342.5x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -65% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -47.3% (2008-09-19 → 2020-11-04), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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