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Saputo Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Saputo Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-10-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,228 (28.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.9%, drawdown -52.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -43.4%, Sharpe 0.52, 58% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=7, mult=5
7.9%-43.4%0.520.188.9x7658%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=53, exitN=28
6.2%-39.0%0.460.165.7x7847%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=88
5.9%-51.4%0.410.115.1x7957%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=161
5.3%-46.7%0.380.114.4x5561%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.8
3.2%-24.4%0.370.132.5x5418%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.8
3.4%-42.1%0.310.082.7x14239%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=27
1.9%-26.2%0.300.071.7x309%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.04
2.4%-54.0%0.230.052.0x18252%
MACD
fast=31, slow=59, signal=31
0.7%-61.3%0.120.011.2x20652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
0.5%-69.1%0.120.011.2x24653%
Buy and hold9.9%-52.9%0.500.1915.0x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -26% -40% -53% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.4% (2017-01-26 → 2024-05-29), recovered after 3,248 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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