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PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -3.3%).

Data 2009-07-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,277 (17.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -4.1%, drawdown -80.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 3.8%, MDD -12.0%, Sharpe 0.49, 2% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 68.2%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -3.3%, exposure 1%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=12, threshold=0.14
3.8%-12.0%0.490.311.9x342%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=28
0.5%-3.3%0.320.141.1x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.9
1.2%-16.5%0.230.071.2x164%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=3.4
1.4%-16.9%0.230.081.3x105%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=4, exitN=75
-2.9%-67.6%0.03-0.040.6x7490%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=259
-1.2%-49.9%-0.01-0.020.8x3447%
MACD
fast=20, slow=27, signal=15
-2.2%-48.1%-0.02-0.050.7x21451%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
-4.1%-62.3%-0.09-0.070.5x5651%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=211
-2.7%-61.7%-0.10-0.040.6x3847%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-7.1%-71.7%-0.29-0.100.3x14452%
Buy and hold-4.1%-80.2%0.07-0.050.5x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -12.0% (2020-04-09 → 2020-05-29), recovered after 55 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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