Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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PROG Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PROG Holdings, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.1%, MDD -59.3%).

Data 1982-11-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,021 (43.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.4%, drawdown -81.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -83.5%, Sharpe 0.42, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -2.5%p (CAGR 8.1%, MDD -59.3%, exposure 57%).

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
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
n=12, threshold=-0.14
9.3%-83.5%0.420.1148.1x14997%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
8.1%-59.3%0.410.1430.5x19357%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=72
6.8%-69.0%0.360.1018.1x15184%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=44
5.3%-78.9%0.320.079.6x31156%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=47
1.6%-67.8%0.200.022.0x25557%
MACD
fast=17, slow=41, signal=13
0.6%-86.3%0.170.011.3x56051%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=2
0.8%-58.7%0.150.011.4x21736%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.26
-1.6%-90.9%0.10-0.020.5x86052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=20
-0.7%-73.8%0.09-0.010.7x42734%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.8
-1.4%-86.1%0.05-0.020.5x22735%
Buy and hold9.4%-81.0%0.420.1251.0x1100%
1x 10x 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2013 2019 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -83.5% (2020-12-02 → 2022-10-20), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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