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ATS Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ATS Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -66.2%).

Data 1996-03-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,630 (30.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -92.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -66.2%, Sharpe 0.45, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.3%p (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -66.2%, exposure 84%).

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=4, exitN=40
10.4%-66.2%0.450.1620.2x17584%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3.5
3.2%-24.9%0.340.132.6x288%
ROC 모멘텀
n=130, threshold=0.13
5.3%-71.3%0.340.074.8x22635%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
4.8%-64.7%0.310.074.1x10857%
MACD
fast=17, slow=42, signal=24
3.5%-65.9%0.270.052.9x30050%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.8
2.5%-50.2%0.230.052.1x8026%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.3
2.3%-72.3%0.220.032.0x59251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=20
1.8%-51.8%0.220.031.7x409%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=205
1.4%-86.6%0.190.021.5x4653%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=24
1.1%-76.9%0.180.011.4x27656%
Buy and hold6.1%-92.5%0.350.076.0x1100%
1x 10x 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% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.2% (1997-09-30 → 1999-03-25), recovered after 1,009 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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