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NFI Group Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NFI Group Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -29.6%).

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

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.1%, drawdown -88.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 18.6%, MDD -29.6%, Sharpe 0.87, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 8.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 58.8%p (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -29.6%, exposure 59%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=180
18.6%-29.6%0.870.6311.9x2559%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2
16.6%-41.5%0.860.409.3x5740%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=70, exitN=23
15.1%-37.9%0.810.407.7x3142%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=62, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.4
15.0%-43.2%0.790.357.6x4744%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=92
16.9%-45.9%0.780.379.7x5157%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=5
17.3%-59.4%0.730.2910.1x3762%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
16.2%-51.1%0.700.328.9x10554%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=22
9.9%-28.7%0.620.343.9x8527%
ROC 모멘텀
n=78, threshold=0.04
10.2%-53.6%0.550.194.1x11550%
MACD
fast=18, slow=70, signal=13
10.9%-69.4%0.520.164.5x14951%
Buy and hold10.1%-88.3%0.440.114.0x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -29.6% (2021-01-19 → 2023-07-27), recovered after 1,290 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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