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Gibson Energy Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Gibson Energy Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -43.1%).

Data 2012-01-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,645 (14.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.4%, drawdown -66.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.7%, MDD -61.6%, Sharpe 0.31, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 5.0%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -43.1%, exposure 61%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=5, threshold=-0.11
4.7%-61.6%0.310.081.9x2599%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
3.4%-43.1%0.280.081.6x3961%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=36
0.2%-2.9%0.200.081.0x21%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=55
0.9%-58.4%0.150.021.1x5178%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=3.3
0.5%-19.2%0.100.021.1x1410%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=16, mult=4
0.1%-22.4%0.050.001.0x169%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.0%-56.8%0.03-0.020.9x13157%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=152
-1.6%-64.8%0.01-0.030.8x2358%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=210
-2.7%-67.9%-0.03-0.040.7x2557%
MACD
fast=12, slow=38, signal=16
-2.9%-68.8%-0.07-0.040.7x19950%
Buy and hold3.4%-66.6%0.260.051.6x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -61.6% (2014-09-11 → 2016-01-20), recovered after 4,338 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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