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Power Corporation of Canada backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Power Corporation of Canada. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -47.0%).

Data 1995-01-12 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,950 (31.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.8%, drawdown -64.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.6%, MDD -47.0%, Sharpe 0.54, 79% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.1%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -47.0%, exposure 79%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=47
8.6%-47.0%0.540.1813.5x10579%
ROC 모멘텀
n=176, threshold=-0.09
7.1%-51.7%0.470.148.7x12980%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=176
6.8%-59.2%0.470.118.0x4963%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=118
6.4%-41.9%0.470.157.2x7565%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.1
6.3%-47.0%0.470.136.9x12358%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=89, atrPeriod=7, mult=4
4.2%-53.8%0.410.083.7x7537%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.5
2.9%-45.8%0.330.062.5x8930%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=23
1.7%-30.2%0.300.061.7x5410%
MACD
fast=24, slow=66, signal=24
0.2%-70.0%0.090.001.1x26850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-0.6%-82.1%0.05-0.010.8x54454%
Buy and hold9.8%-64.1%0.500.1519.5x1100%
1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.0% (2000-09-15 → 2002-11-11), recovered after 2,330 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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