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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -12.5%).

Data 2012-04-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,596 (14.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -12.7%, drawdown -99.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 14.9%, MDD -51.3%, Sharpe 0.59, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 27.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 48.3%p (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -12.5%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=163, threshold=-0.02
14.9%-51.3%0.590.297.3x6346%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=35
1.8%-12.5%0.360.141.3x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=205
6.2%-61.1%0.350.102.4x1742%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=40
4.3%-82.8%0.340.051.8x6772%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=2.7
6.3%-41.1%0.320.152.4x368%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=136
4.4%-70.2%0.290.061.8x2141%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
1.4%-86.6%0.250.021.2x29247%
MACD
fast=21, slow=35, signal=9
-1.2%-93.0%0.22-0.010.8x21351%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=2.6
-1.0%-75.8%0.19-0.010.9x12250%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=8, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.1
1.1%-43.2%0.140.031.2x284%
Buy and hold-12.7%-99.6%0.16-0.130.1x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -51.3% (2023-01-25 → 2025-05-16), recovered after 1,043 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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