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HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 64.4%, MDD -49.6%).

Data 2017-09-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,226 (8.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.1%, drawdown -98.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 64.4%, MDD -49.6%, Sharpe 1.08, 29% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 69.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 48.8%p (CAGR 64.4%, MDD -49.6%, exposure 29%).

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=28, mult=4.5
64.4%-49.6%1.081.3081.9x2829%
ROC 모멘텀
n=16, threshold=0.09
59.1%-69.0%0.990.8661.4x16232%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.1
58.3%-60.9%0.990.9658.7x6633%
MACD
fast=17, slow=59, signal=19
48.3%-91.0%0.880.5332.8x7251%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.32
46.8%-91.0%0.870.5130.1x14941%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=23
45.1%-81.6%0.860.5527.0x7641%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=37
37.5%-70.4%0.830.5316.8x8016%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=9
36.5%-65.6%0.810.5615.8x4222%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.1
37.8%-61.4%0.800.6217.1x5832%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=39
32.2%-70.0%0.740.4611.8x5843%
Buy and hold-5.1%-98.4%0.48-0.050.6x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.6% (2020-02-11 → 2020-07-03), recovered after 286 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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