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Korn Ferry backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Korn Ferry. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -59.1%).

Data 1999-02-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,909 (27.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.9%, drawdown -86.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.1%, MDD -63.1%, Sharpe 0.45, 78% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.5%p (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -59.1%, exposure 54%).

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=18, exitN=60
10.1%-63.1%0.450.1613.9x7778%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=151
8.8%-68.1%0.450.1310.1x6355%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=2.6
8.5%-59.1%0.430.149.5x22354%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=3.5
3.4%-29.3%0.390.122.5x167%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=148
7.0%-74.5%0.380.096.5x6757%
ROC 모멘텀
n=199, threshold=0.07
4.7%-49.6%0.310.093.5x16346%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.8
2.9%-52.7%0.280.052.2x5013%
MACD
fast=20, slow=53, signal=16
2.5%-82.8%0.230.031.9x30151%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=28
1.1%-37.7%0.170.031.4x225%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-2.4%-85.2%0.07-0.030.5x49152%
Buy and hold6.9%-86.6%0.370.086.3x1100%
1x 10x 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.1% (2000-10-05 → 2002-09-05), recovered after 1,349 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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