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Magellan Aerospace Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Magellan Aerospace Corporation. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 10.2%, MDD -66.9%).

Data 1996-05-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,598 (30.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -99.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -66.9%, Sharpe 0.46, 55% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 10.3%, MDD -82.1%, exposure 49%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.6%p (CAGR 10.2%, MDD -66.9%, exposure 55%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=100
10.2%-66.9%0.460.1519.0x8355%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=95, exitN=32
8.3%-71.1%0.420.1211.0x5936%
ROC 모멘텀
n=141, threshold=0
8.4%-91.0%0.400.0911.6x23356%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=55
8.0%-79.0%0.390.1010.1x8956%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.6
7.4%-82.8%0.370.098.7x13153%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
6.5%-71.3%0.350.096.8x19346%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=1.7
6.3%-67.8%0.350.096.4x19534%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.4
5.5%-69.7%0.330.085.0x12930%
MACD
fast=18, slow=39, signal=15
10.3%-82.1%0.310.1319.2x35849%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=15
3.5%-82.0%0.260.042.8x15326%
Buy and hold6.1%-99.5%0.310.066.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 MACDSMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdMACDSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -66.9% (1997-11-05 → 2006-12-11), recovered after 4,788 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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