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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -41.3%).

Data 1996-08-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,538 (30.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.5%, drawdown -63.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.1%, MDD -48.5%, Sharpe 0.78, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.4%p (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -41.3%, exposure 66%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=67, exitN=78
20.1%-48.5%0.780.41239.8x3773%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=106
19.2%-41.3%0.770.47195.3x6366%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=216
19.7%-49.2%0.750.40219.0x2976%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=-0.01
11.3%-60.3%0.520.1924.7x26972%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=3.5
5.4%-25.0%0.460.214.8x3116%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=20
6.8%-41.3%0.440.167.1x6426%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
6.8%-43.4%0.440.167.1x10530%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
4.3%-66.8%0.290.063.6x17359%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
1.4%-77.0%0.180.021.5x22957%
MACD
fast=15, slow=44, signal=16
-4.5%-96.3%-0.07-0.050.3x41250%
Buy and hold23.5%-63.9%0.780.37560.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -48.5% (2002-04-04 → 2003-04-21), recovered after 545 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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