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Customers Bancorp, Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Customers Bancorp, Inc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 15.9%, MDD -43.6%).

Data 2012-03-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,616 (14.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.0%, drawdown -78.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -57.6%, Sharpe 0.65, 72% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.9%p (CAGR 15.9%, MDD -43.6%, exposure 53%).

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=51, exitN=75
17.8%-57.6%0.650.3110.6x2172%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.4
15.9%-43.6%0.640.368.3x5553%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=117
13.2%-64.4%0.560.216.0x3759%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=87
12.3%-61.2%0.540.205.3x4759%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.9
11.0%-47.8%0.540.234.5x5834%
MACD
fast=19, slow=50, signal=15
11.8%-47.5%0.510.255.0x15049%
ROC 모멘텀
n=151, threshold=0.01
11.4%-55.6%0.500.204.7x10761%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.6
8.9%-28.4%0.500.313.4x4225%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=23
6.6%-35.3%0.410.192.5x3820%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
2.9%-74.5%0.250.041.5x21053%
Buy and hold16.0%-78.6%0.550.208.4x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -79% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -57.6% (2015-11-30 → 2020-07-09), recovered after 1,894 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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