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Athabasca Oil Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Athabasca Oil Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.5%, MDD -50.1%).

Data 2010-04-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,085 (16.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.1%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 22.1%, MDD -52.3%, Sharpe 0.75, 43% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 24.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.1%p (CAGR 10.5%, MDD -50.1%, exposure 21%).

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=95, exitN=63
22.1%-52.3%0.750.4225.9x1743%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=193
21.8%-52.2%0.720.4224.7x2548%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=162
21.1%-56.4%0.720.3722.6x1946%
ROC 모멘텀
n=118, threshold=0.12
18.0%-74.5%0.660.2414.7x11739%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=84, k=1.3
16.6%-53.4%0.630.3112.2x5037%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=18, mult=4
10.5%-50.1%0.500.215.1x3021%
MACD
fast=21, slow=56, signal=21
10.1%-82.4%0.430.124.8x14051%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=14
8.9%-68.5%0.430.134.0x8627%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.1
9.5%-77.4%0.420.124.3x37647%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.1
8.1%-85.3%0.390.103.6x7051%
Buy and hold-2.1%-99.4%0.25-0.020.7x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -52.3% (2011-03-04 → 2018-02-09), recovered after 3,624 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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