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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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CoreCivic, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CoreCivic, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -11.4%).

Data 1997-07-15 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,328 (29.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.6%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -75.6%, Sharpe 0.39, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 11.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.7%p (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -11.4%, exposure 1%).

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=14, mult=4.7
7.7%-75.6%0.390.108.7x8955%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=37
1.5%-11.4%0.390.131.5x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3.3
5.0%-36.3%0.370.144.2x3912%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=19
6.2%-59.6%0.360.105.8x11338%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=112
5.9%-57.4%0.350.105.3x8551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.1
4.1%-38.6%0.310.113.2x13415%
ROC 모멘텀
n=14, threshold=0.17
4.0%-67.6%0.310.063.1x1485%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=200
4.3%-65.1%0.300.073.4x6149%
MACD
fast=17, slow=57, signal=17
-2.3%-93.9%0.12-0.020.5x30851%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.22
-7.9%-96.5%-0.09-0.080.1x85150%
Buy and hold-3.6%-99.4%0.17-0.040.3x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -75.6% (1997-12-31 → 2001-04-30), recovered after 2,248 days.

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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