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United Community Banks, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of United Community Banks, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.8%, MDD -8.1%).

Data 2002-03-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,130 (24.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.1%, drawdown -96.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -56.9%, Sharpe 0.37, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 9.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.4%p (CAGR 0.8%, MDD -8.1%, exposure 2%).

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=13, mult=2.9
6.7%-56.9%0.370.124.9x13751%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=215
4.3%-53.9%0.310.082.8x2356%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.3
4.2%-53.4%0.300.082.7x21019%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=105
4.2%-77.6%0.300.052.7x4384%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=28
0.8%-8.1%0.260.101.2x42%
MACD
fast=17, slow=53, signal=31
0.9%-65.4%0.180.011.3x21749%
ROC 모멘텀
n=75, threshold=-0.11
-0.3%-86.1%0.15-0.000.9x16575%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=111
-0.3%-71.2%0.13-0.000.9x5556%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-0.7%-79.9%0.12-0.010.8x22352%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3
0.0%-51.9%0.060.001.0x3310%
Buy and hold-3.1%-96.3%0.15-0.030.5x1100%
0.1 1x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -56.9% (2003-11-25 → 2008-08-07), recovered after 2,001 days.

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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