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Capital Power Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Capital Power Corporation. 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 6.2%, MDD -17.9%).

Data 2009-08-10 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,281 (17.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.9%, drawdown -47.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.2%, MDD -17.9%, Sharpe 0.60, 33% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.3%, MDD -47.4%, exposure 56%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.5%p (CAGR 6.2%, MDD -17.9%, exposure 33%).

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=110, exitN=22
6.2%-17.9%0.600.352.8x3633%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=60, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.6
3.9%-19.6%0.420.201.9x3631%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=76, slow=141
6.3%-47.4%0.420.132.8x2956%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.9
5.0%-39.5%0.410.132.3x4254%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=98, slow=154
6.0%-47.4%0.400.132.7x1561%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=3.5
1.8%-10.3%0.340.171.3x148%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=37
0.9%-11.8%0.240.081.2x21%
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=0.02
1.6%-42.8%0.180.041.3x15051%
MACD
fast=26, slow=35, signal=23
-0.7%-54.1%0.03-0.010.9x15852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
-0.7%-53.4%0.03-0.010.9x15255%
Buy and hold6.9%-47.4%0.410.153.1x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -36% -47% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -17.9% (2024-12-06 → 2025-09-08), recovered after 301 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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