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PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -41.6%).

Data 2013-05-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,327 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.9%, drawdown -56.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.7%, MDD -46.2%, Sharpe 0.50, 72% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.5%p (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -41.6%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=68
10.7%-46.2%0.500.233.8x2272%
ROC 모멘텀
n=130, threshold=-0.02
9.2%-41.6%0.470.223.2x8263%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=144
9.3%-56.6%0.450.163.2x2062%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=172
8.7%-56.6%0.440.153.0x1664%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
6.4%-49.9%0.370.132.3x16452%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=3.2
0.4%-3.6%0.240.101.0x21%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=3
2.0%-59.8%0.210.031.3x8452%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=14
0.7%-46.3%0.140.011.1x7635%
MACD
fast=6, slow=39, signal=14
-1.7%-56.5%0.05-0.030.8x25251%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.2
-1.3%-48.2%0.04-0.030.8x7027%
Buy and hold10.9%-56.6%0.470.193.9x1100%
1x 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% -14% -28% -42% -57% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.2% (2026-01-16 → 2026-06-02), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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