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Empire Metals Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Empire Metals Limited. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 19.4%, MDD -68.4%).

Data 2010-12-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,944 (15.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -16.1%, drawdown -99.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 19.4%, MDD -68.4%, Sharpe 0.58, 33% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 35.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.5%p (CAGR 19.4%, MDD -68.4%, exposure 33%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=93
19.4%-68.4%0.580.2816.0x3933%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=18
15.9%-75.0%0.530.2110.0x4534%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=176
13.7%-80.4%0.500.177.4x2933%
ROC 모멘텀
n=94, threshold=-0.01
9.3%-84.6%0.440.114.0x11536%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.4
7.2%-74.4%0.380.103.0x5818%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=118, exitN=70
5.8%-79.7%0.360.072.4x1430%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.4
1.3%-97.6%0.310.011.2x6336%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.7
3.1%-92.6%0.300.031.6x6023%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.34
-13.0%-99.3%0.11-0.130.1x37439%
MACD
fast=17, slow=23, signal=15
-18.8%-99.8%0.04-0.190.0x21450%
Buy and hold-16.1%-99.9%0.28-0.160.1x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -68.4% (2017-10-03 → 2020-06-05), recovered after 1,665 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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