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Nicolet Bankshares Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nicolet Bankshares Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -28.9%).

Data 2013-05-17 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,342 (13.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.4%, drawdown -44.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -28.9%, Sharpe 0.77, 87% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.5%p (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -28.9%, exposure 87%).

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=27, exitN=78
17.8%-28.9%0.770.628.8x1787%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=71
15.4%-28.0%0.740.556.7x6167%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=166
16.4%-33.6%0.740.497.5x978%
ROC 모멘텀
n=51, threshold=-0.09
16.8%-34.4%0.730.497.9x7790%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.8
9.3%-32.7%0.500.283.2x4167%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.3
5.3%-17.8%0.490.302.0x1412%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=39
1.4%-8.7%0.400.161.2x24%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=36, mult=3.5
3.8%-33.5%0.330.111.6x3126%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.18
3.4%-52.0%0.260.071.6x25257%
MACD
fast=15, slow=59, signal=18
2.0%-56.8%0.200.041.3x16249%
Buy and hold19.4%-44.3%0.740.4410.5x1100%
1x 10x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -11% -22% -33% -44% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.9% (2022-03-14 → 2023-05-31), recovered after 854 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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