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W.R. Berkley Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of W.R. Berkley Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1973-10-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,304 (52.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.4%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 13.1%, MDD -71.2%, Sharpe 0.56, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=15, threshold=-0.14
13.1%-71.2%0.560.18652.5x13797%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=185
8.4%-75.9%0.480.1171.1x9367%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=184
8.3%-60.0%0.470.1466.2x6566%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=94, exitN=75
7.7%-52.7%0.470.1549.9x7758%
MACD
fast=19, slow=45, signal=21
6.5%-61.4%0.390.1127.5x51950%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
6.2%-77.3%0.380.0824.1x65752%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.9
5.5%-56.0%0.350.1016.9x23156%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=55, threshold=36
3.6%-55.0%0.340.076.6x1010%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=1.4
4.6%-58.5%0.320.0810.5x43943%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.9
2.7%-53.6%0.240.054.1x31138%
Buy and hold12.4%-76.6%0.530.16468.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -77% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -71.2% (1998-05-19 → 2000-03-08), recovered after 1,233 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 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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