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Pampa Investments S.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pampa Investments S.A.. 6 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 15.0%, MDD -41.2%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,716 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BCSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.0%, drawdown -89.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.0%, MDD -41.2%, Sharpe 0.71, 35% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 16.0%, MDD -52.5%, exposure 55%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 48.4%p (CAGR 15.0%, MDD -41.2%, exposure 35%).

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=118, exitN=50
15.0%-41.2%0.710.3641.2x2935%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0.11
15.6%-52.5%0.680.3047.2x12139%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=265
16.0%-52.5%0.650.3151.7x2955%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=213
14.8%-52.5%0.640.2839.6x2746%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3
8.8%-46.7%0.540.199.5x5619%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.2
9.3%-49.9%0.510.1910.7x9632%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=21
7.6%-44.7%0.500.177.0x7017%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
10.3%-60.5%0.490.1713.4x17449%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=5
7.7%-64.5%0.410.127.1x12648%
MACD
fast=13, slow=32, signal=14
4.7%-83.5%0.300.063.4x37050%
Buy and hold9.0%-89.6%0.420.1010.0x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -45% -67% -90% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -41.2% (2021-04-19 → 2021-12-15), recovered after 339 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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