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Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -20.1%).

Data 1992-12-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,469 (33.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.0%, drawdown -95.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.0%, MDD -20.1%, Sharpe 0.33, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 75.4%p (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -20.1%, exposure 1%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.9
2.0%-20.1%0.330.101.9x21%
MACD
fast=24, slow=47, signal=24
-2.6%-98.3%0.19-0.030.4x28949%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-3.4%-90.2%0.16-0.040.3x39848%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=76
-2.9%-92.8%0.15-0.030.4x13746%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=57, exitN=22
-2.0%-85.7%0.13-0.020.5x9131%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=18
-4.4%-95.4%0.10-0.050.2x32730%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=140
-4.8%-90.4%0.09-0.050.2x6148%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.2
0.1%-69.2%0.080.001.1x404%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.5
-6.7%-97.5%0.08-0.070.1x12549%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=0.01
-18.1%-99.9%-0.27-0.180.0x40345%
Buy and hold-2.0%-95.6%0.32-0.020.5x1100%
0.1 1x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -20.1% (2023-04-04 → 2023-04-14), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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