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Weatherford International plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Weatherford International plc. 1 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 80.9%, MDD -39.2%).

Data 2021-01-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,421 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 65.0%, drawdown -70.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 80.9%, MDD -39.2%, Sharpe 1.52, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.6%p (CAGR 80.9%, MDD -39.2%, exposure 81%).

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=18, exitN=53
80.9%-39.2%1.522.0628.5x781%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.7
62.6%-38.6%1.331.6215.6x1368%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=83
58.5%-35.0%1.321.6713.5x670%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=99
54.1%-29.6%1.281.8311.5x1267%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=12
49.0%-32.4%1.271.519.5x3460%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=2.5
33.9%-24.4%1.241.395.2x2023%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=0.06
50.2%-29.5%1.241.7110.0x3064%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.12
39.8%-56.2%1.050.716.6x16357%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=11, mult=3
22.8%-34.5%0.920.663.2x1628%
MACD
fast=5, slow=57, signal=17
20.8%-58.9%0.700.352.9x9751%
Buy and hold65.0%-70.8%1.210.9217.0x1100%
1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.2% (2022-04-18 → 2022-08-04), recovered after 186 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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