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Prudential Financial, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Prudential Financial, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -48.6%).

Data 2001-12-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,196 (24.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.9%, drawdown -89.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -48.6%, Sharpe 0.36, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.5%p (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -48.6%, exposure 59%).

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
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.8
5.7%-48.6%0.360.123.9x7759%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=185
3.5%-53.0%0.280.072.4x4561%
MACD
fast=17, slow=47, signal=16
2.9%-56.8%0.240.052.0x30352%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=88
2.9%-61.4%0.240.052.0x8761%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.5
0.7%-8.3%0.230.081.2x42%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=39
1.7%-67.4%0.200.021.5x10776%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
1.6%-62.3%0.190.031.5x21958%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.05
1.1%-57.9%0.150.021.3x22148%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.1
0.8%-55.0%0.130.021.2x14133%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=24
0.3%-11.0%0.090.021.1x124%
Buy and hold5.9%-89.1%0.350.074.1x1100%
1x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -48.6% (2021-06-01 → 2026-06-24), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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