Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Parex Resources Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Parex Resources Inc.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.5%, MDD -36.5%).

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

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.2%, drawdown -64.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.5%, MDD -36.5%, Sharpe 0.54, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.3%p (CAGR 9.5%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 37%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=13, mult=2.7
9.5%-36.5%0.540.263.7x5037%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.3
8.5%-51.4%0.460.173.3x8644%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=34
9.1%-50.6%0.450.183.5x8655%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=43
9.2%-48.2%0.450.193.6x13856%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.4
9.0%-58.9%0.440.153.5x5658%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=28
2.6%-11.3%0.430.231.5x23%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=69, exitN=23
6.7%-43.8%0.410.152.6x4235%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=-0.02
6.4%-45.6%0.360.142.4x20260%
MACD
fast=18, slow=57, signal=17
6.2%-65.8%0.350.092.4x14350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.4
-7.2%-82.3%-0.11-0.090.3x37250%
Buy and hold8.2%-64.8%0.400.133.1x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -49% -65% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -36.5% (2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15), recovered after 2,455 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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