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Valeura Energy Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Valeura Energy Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 14.3%, MDD -72.1%).

Data 2007-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,710 (18.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 18.5%, MDD -86.3%, Sharpe 0.55, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 13.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.9%p (CAGR 14.3%, MDD -72.1%, exposure 22%).

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=34, exitN=33
18.5%-86.3%0.550.2124.3x6152%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=3.5
11.8%-74.7%0.510.168.1x2410%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=208
16.5%-89.9%0.500.1817.6x4145%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=16
14.3%-72.1%0.470.2012.3x9422%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=85
13.2%-84.2%0.470.1610.2x6143%
ROC 모멘텀
n=135, threshold=-0.04
11.9%-94.2%0.460.138.3x17551%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.9
8.6%-89.6%0.420.104.7x6544%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=35, mult=3.4
9.3%-90.1%0.390.105.3x5822%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.32
-6.1%-96.6%0.23-0.060.3x35847%
MACD
fast=14, slow=29, signal=15
-13.4%-99.1%0.15-0.140.1x26950%
Buy and hold5.0%-98.2%0.500.052.5x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -86.3% (2008-02-14 → 2009-08-24), recovered after 2,567 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 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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