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Gulfport Energy Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Gulfport Energy Corporation. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -32.1%).

Data 2021-05-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,307 (5.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.4%, drawdown -43.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.9%, MDD -36.9%, Sharpe 0.61, 88% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 6.3%p (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -32.1%, exposure 69%).

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=14, exitN=78
16.9%-36.9%0.610.462.3x1088%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.5
11.9%-27.9%0.600.431.8x1844%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=207
13.9%-32.1%0.570.432.0x669%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=177
11.3%-32.1%0.510.351.7x1061%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.4
8.0%-42.3%0.410.191.5x1864%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=60, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.9
6.3%-25.6%0.400.251.4x1434%
MACD
fast=16, slow=31, signal=16
6.5%-32.4%0.370.201.4x6349%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=0.02
6.4%-32.1%0.360.201.4x3264%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=14
0.6%-40.3%0.150.021.0x5045%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.055, maxStep=0.28
-0.2%-51.4%0.13-0.001.0x21052%
Buy and hold16.4%-43.2%0.580.382.2x1100%
1x 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% -22% -32% -43% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -36.9% (2022-06-07 → 2023-02-28), recovered after 379 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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