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Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -23.8%).

Data 2017-06-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,284 (9.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.9%, drawdown -77.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 3.6%, MDD -4.7%, Sharpe 0.80, 4% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 17%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 73.1%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 17%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=35
3.6%-4.7%0.800.771.4x24%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.6
9.3%-23.8%0.620.392.2x1217%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.9
7.9%-33.4%0.550.242.0x1015%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=106, exitN=21
7.8%-39.6%0.460.202.0x2027%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=86
7.5%-53.4%0.390.141.9x2654%
ROC 모멘텀
n=75, threshold=0.1
5.9%-50.3%0.350.121.7x9435%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=118
6.2%-64.4%0.350.101.7x2652%
MACD
fast=13, slow=58, signal=12
4.7%-47.5%0.300.101.5x13251%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=2.6
4.2%-63.8%0.290.071.5x8651%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-2.7%-75.3%0.08-0.040.8x8452%
Buy and hold10.9%-77.8%0.450.142.6x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -39% -58% -78% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -4.7% (2018-07-24 → 2018-07-27), recovered after 9 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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