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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Helmerich & Payne, Inc.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 3.2%, MDD -61.9%).

Data 1980-10-15 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 11,561 (45.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.0%, drawdown -89.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -62.9%, Sharpe 0.33, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.3%p (CAGR 3.2%, MDD -61.9%, exposure 23%).

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
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3
5.4%-62.9%0.330.0911.2x31351%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=36
5.1%-70.4%0.310.079.7x19166%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=56
4.3%-64.4%0.290.076.9x22953%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
3.2%-61.9%0.270.054.3x10323%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=39
3.5%-63.7%0.260.054.8x18153%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.4
2.9%-81.2%0.240.043.7x16529%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
0.6%-76.6%0.160.011.3x40151%
ROC 모멘텀
n=91, threshold=0.05
0.8%-78.1%0.160.011.4x45745%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=22
1.0%-50.1%0.140.021.6x7411%
MACD
fast=13, slow=52, signal=20
-2.9%-91.2%0.05-0.030.3x54152%
Buy and hold3.0%-89.2%0.280.033.9x1100%
1x 10x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -62.9% (1980-11-25 → 1992-01-09), recovered after 6,163 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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