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Subsea 7 S.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Subsea 7 S.A.. 7 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 -50.7%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,738 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OSLMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.8%, drawdown -94.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.0%, MDD -50.7%, Sharpe 0.63, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.0%p (CAGR 15.0%, MDD -50.7%, exposure 48%).

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=156, exitN=103
15.0%-50.7%0.630.3041.3x1548%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=239
10.7%-60.0%0.510.1814.9x3755%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=218
9.0%-66.2%0.440.149.8x4756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.8
7.1%-53.3%0.390.136.2x13844%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.8
6.2%-74.4%0.350.085.0x9652%
ROC 모멘텀
n=141, threshold=-0.03
6.1%-84.8%0.340.074.9x19162%
MACD
fast=22, slow=54, signal=27
5.8%-70.1%0.340.084.5x21052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=11
4.0%-63.4%0.280.062.8x31047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=0.9
3.5%-68.7%0.260.052.5x19647%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.2
-2.4%-91.7%0.09-0.030.5x64852%
Buy and hold4.8%-94.8%0.340.053.5x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.7% (2003-09-08 → 2003-09-30), recovered after 126 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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