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Intrepid Potash, Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Intrepid Potash, Inc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -46.3%).

Data 2008-04-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,598 (18.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.7%, drawdown -99.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.6%, MDD -72.0%, Sharpe 0.36, 32% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 20.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.1%p (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -46.3%, exposure 6%).

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=97, exitN=71
6.6%-72.0%0.360.093.2x1632%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=0.01
4.5%-76.8%0.310.062.2x14542%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=180
4.4%-72.1%0.310.062.2x3039%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.9
4.7%-49.5%0.300.092.3x2011%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.5
4.1%-51.8%0.280.082.1x147%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=114
3.4%-72.8%0.280.051.8x2438%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=30
2.0%-46.3%0.200.041.4x166%
MACD
fast=11, slow=42, signal=14
-11.0%-98.8%0.04-0.110.1x26751%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
-8.6%-97.0%0.02-0.090.2x6149%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
-10.0%-94.3%0.01-0.110.1x23947%
Buy and hold-13.7%-99.1%0.14-0.140.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -72.0% (2022-04-18 → 2025-04-08), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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