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PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -72.9%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.6%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -72.9%, Sharpe 0.36, 55% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -73.6%, exposure 40%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.3%p (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -72.9%, exposure 55%).

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=67, slow=183
6.8%-72.9%0.360.0921.1x4555%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=61
7.0%-73.6%0.360.0922.7x6640%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=173
5.7%-75.4%0.340.0812.8x6851%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=-0.02
0.2%-83.2%0.220.001.1x43557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=19
-0.6%-94.5%0.18-0.010.8x8239%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.18
-5.1%-99.1%0.07-0.050.1x66551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=8, mult=4
-2.6%-89.9%0.07-0.030.3x16625%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.4
-3.4%-88.2%0.01-0.040.2x9214%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.6
-10.7%-99.8%-0.10-0.110.0x27044%
MACD
fast=16, slow=42, signal=19
-13.2%-99.9%-0.11-0.130.0x60349%
Buy and hold6.6%-98.2%0.400.0719.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -72.9% (1989-10-26 → 1993-02-09), recovered after 2,764 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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