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GFL Environmental Inc. Subordinate voting shares, no par value backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of GFL Environmental Inc. Subordinate voting shares, no par value. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -22.8%).

Data 2020-03-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,612 (6.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.0%, drawdown -42.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 19.2%, MDD -31.4%, Sharpe 0.85, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.4%p (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -22.8%, exposure 57%).

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=31, exitN=50
19.2%-31.4%0.850.613.1x1165%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=124
16.0%-22.8%0.800.702.6x857%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=143
14.8%-27.4%0.740.542.4x658%
ROC 모멘텀
n=119, threshold=0.01
14.4%-28.4%0.710.512.4x2659%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.9
13.6%-38.4%0.660.352.3x1762%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=2.3
5.7%-17.2%0.440.331.4x2330%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.7
6.2%-30.6%0.400.201.5x3547%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
6.0%-41.4%0.370.141.5x5356%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=14
2.0%-28.8%0.200.071.1x5940%
MACD
fast=22, slow=32, signal=21
-0.2%-42.5%0.10-0.011.0x6549%
Buy and hold15.0%-42.9%0.590.352.4x1100%
1x 2021 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% -11% -21% -32% -43% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -31.4% (2021-11-18 → 2022-11-17), recovered after 819 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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