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Baytex Energy Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Baytex Energy Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -41.2%).

Data 1996-03-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,629 (30.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -99.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 18.6%, MDD -69.3%, Sharpe 0.72, 48% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 19.7%, MDD -79.8%, exposure 66%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 19.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.2%p (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -41.2%, exposure 23%).

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
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.2
18.6%-69.3%0.720.27179.6x12048%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=51
19.7%-79.8%0.680.25234.1x7966%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=16
13.9%-41.2%0.680.3452.5x9623%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=1.5
15.4%-63.1%0.650.2477.9x18640%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.3
15.0%-57.0%0.630.2669.0x22842%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=59
13.7%-79.4%0.560.1748.8x15453%
ROC 모멘텀
n=48, threshold=-0.02
14.3%-87.0%0.560.1657.5x35059%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=85
12.7%-79.0%0.540.1637.9x8054%
MACD
fast=54, slow=73, signal=40
13.5%-76.5%0.520.1846.6x13854%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.24
6.0%-76.1%0.340.085.8x60851%
Buy and hold-0.9%-99.5%0.24-0.010.8x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -69.3% (2011-05-02 → 2020-01-24), recovered after 3,658 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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