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PAR Technology Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PAR Technology Corporation. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.7%, MDD -61.7%).

Data 1982-12-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 11,022 (43.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.0%, drawdown -94.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.5%, MDD -75.6%, Sharpe 0.36, 35% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 6.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.7%p (CAGR 4.7%, MDD -61.7%, exposure 19%).

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=53, exitN=25
6.5%-75.6%0.360.0916.0x13135%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3
4.7%-61.7%0.310.087.4x7819%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.7
4.8%-82.7%0.310.067.7x23351%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.7
4.9%-73.8%0.310.077.9x10226%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=50
4.0%-86.7%0.290.055.7x24750%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=58, threshold=14
3.8%-64.0%0.280.065.0x11621%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=39
3.2%-85.3%0.260.044.0x21749%
ROC 모멘텀
n=61, threshold=0.11
1.6%-76.4%0.200.022.0x47132%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.28
-1.5%-90.7%0.14-0.020.5x78948%
MACD
fast=19, slow=40, signal=19
-2.4%-94.6%0.13-0.030.3x49151%
Buy and hold0.0%-94.3%0.270.001.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -75.6% (1996-05-17 → 2001-05-09), recovered after 2,821 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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