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Piper Sandler Companies backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Piper Sandler Companies. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -55.9%).

Data 2004-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,680 (22.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.0%, drawdown -77.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.2%, MDD -64.4%, Sharpe 0.52, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.6%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -55.9%, exposure 50%).

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=49, exitN=55
11.2%-64.4%0.520.1711.1x4254%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=3.8
8.6%-55.9%0.430.156.4x10650%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=93
8.3%-55.8%0.420.156.1x6253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=32
3.8%-27.4%0.390.142.3x8012%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=1.7
6.2%-60.5%0.380.103.9x11838%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.1
5.0%-39.7%0.350.133.0x7630%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=33
5.8%-75.3%0.340.083.6x10454%
ROC 모멘텀
n=136, threshold=0.02
2.2%-69.4%0.220.031.6x16453%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.24
-0.5%-91.4%0.13-0.010.9x30254%
MACD
fast=24, slow=49, signal=19
-2.7%-90.5%0.06-0.030.5x22151%
Buy and hold9.0%-77.0%0.420.127.0x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -58% -77% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.4% (2006-05-05 → 2009-05-22), recovered after 2,889 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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