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First Horizon Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Horizon Corporation. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -45.2%).

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

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.1%, drawdown -89.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -73.3%, Sharpe 0.44, 80% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.2%p (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -45.2%, exposure 63%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=-0.1
7.9%-73.3%0.440.1134.1x19780%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=219
6.7%-45.2%0.410.1520.6x8563%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=178
6.5%-48.7%0.410.1318.2x9365%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=56
7.2%-73.5%0.380.1024.8x14378%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.5
4.5%-76.0%0.310.067.8x25958%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=3.2
0.9%-21.4%0.240.041.5x484%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=20
1.4%-73.9%0.170.021.9x21026%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.4
-0.3%-90.4%0.09-0.000.9x33148%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
-2.4%-98.8%0.01-0.020.3x75755%
MACD
fast=9, slow=24, signal=11
-4.5%-99.0%-0.09-0.050.1x92650%
Buy and hold7.1%-89.5%0.370.0823.7x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -90% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -73.3% (2004-04-01 → 2012-06-05), recovered after 7,531 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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