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Faraday Copper Corp backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Faraday Copper Corp. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 43.6%, MDD -56.6%).

Data 2018-01-02 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 2,196 (8.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 55.5%, drawdown -78.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 41.5%, MDD -50.6%, Sharpe 0.95, 35% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 49.8%, MDD -78.1%, exposure 70%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 14.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.8%p (CAGR 43.6%, MDD -56.6%, exposure 51%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=13
41.5%-50.6%0.950.8220.8x4035%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=144
36.3%-52.1%0.820.7015.0x1755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=183
34.4%-53.5%0.810.6413.3x958%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.5
24.8%-35.8%0.790.696.9x818%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=22, mult=4
24.8%-39.9%0.750.626.9x1626%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=53
49.8%-78.1%0.700.6434.3x3070%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
43.6%-56.6%0.640.7723.7x10151%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=-0.02
37.6%-76.6%0.610.4916.3x6960%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.5
35.9%-86.1%0.590.4214.6x2651%
MACD
fast=18, slow=58, signal=19
32.3%-57.2%0.580.5611.5x9151%
Buy and hold55.5%-78.4%0.780.7147.5x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -39% -59% -78% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -50.6% (2019-03-01 → 2020-12-22), recovered after 718 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 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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