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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Helmerich & Payne, Inc.. 6 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 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,540 (45.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.5%, drawdown -89.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.1%, MDD -62.9%, Sharpe 0.32, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.6%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
5.1%-62.9%0.320.089.5x31251%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=36
4.6%-70.4%0.300.067.7x19166%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=56
4.3%-64.4%0.290.076.8x22853%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
3.2%-61.9%0.270.054.2x10223%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=39
3.4%-63.7%0.260.054.7x18052%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.4
2.8%-81.2%0.240.033.6x16428%
ROC 모멘텀
n=91, threshold=0.05
0.7%-78.1%0.150.011.4x45644%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=22
1.0%-50.1%0.150.021.6x7411%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
0.1%-76.6%0.140.001.1x40151%
MACD
fast=13, slow=52, signal=20
-3.4%-91.2%0.04-0.040.2x54152%
Buy and hold2.5%-89.2%0.270.033.1x1100%
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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