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Denison Mines Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Denison Mines Corp.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 1997-05-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,357 (29.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -97.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -93.0%, Sharpe 0.39, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 4.9%p (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 2%).

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=16, exitN=26
6.0%-93.0%0.390.065.4x17760%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
5.4%-84.7%0.360.064.7x33745%
MACD
fast=24, slow=51, signal=21
4.5%-82.7%0.360.053.6x26151%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=30
4.5%-39.9%0.350.113.6x22%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=37
4.4%-90.5%0.350.053.5x22348%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=211
3.1%-92.9%0.290.032.5x5145%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.8
-4.3%-94.3%0.21-0.050.3x10557%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=18, mult=4
1.0%-83.8%0.210.011.3x7620%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3
0.9%-87.0%0.200.011.3x5817%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0
-6.5%-97.1%0.11-0.070.1x38050%
Buy and hold5.0%-97.9%0.440.054.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -93.0% (1997-10-22 → 2003-06-30), recovered after 2,521 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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