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Bank of Montreal backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bank of Montreal. 0 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 8.6%, MDD -30.1%).

Data 1995-01-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,930 (31.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -66.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.6%, MDD -30.1%, Sharpe 0.64, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.2%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -30.1%, exposure 62%).

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=77, exitN=79
8.6%-30.1%0.640.2913.5x4762%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=98
8.1%-37.4%0.590.2211.7x7363%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=142
7.8%-37.5%0.580.2110.7x4766%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
4.6%-45.1%0.370.104.1x11163%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=3.1
1.9%-22.4%0.370.081.8x309%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.04
4.8%-52.3%0.370.094.3x19175%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.9
2.2%-31.2%0.320.072.0x6718%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=15
2.5%-39.1%0.290.062.2x17129%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-2.6%-82.7%-0.10-0.030.4x29257%
MACD
fast=19, slow=56, signal=11
-3.5%-83.3%-0.16-0.040.3x43451%
Buy and hold10.0%-66.3%0.530.1520.4x1100%
1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -66% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.1% (2010-04-26 → 2012-11-15), recovered after 2,446 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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