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Permian Resources Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Permian Resources Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 18.0%, MDD -35.2%).

Data 2016-04-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,588 (10.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.6%, drawdown -98.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 43.6%, MDD -55.3%, Sharpe 0.97, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 36.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.6%p (CAGR 18.0%, MDD -35.2%, exposure 14%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
43.6%-55.3%0.970.7941.3x8749%
MACD
fast=16, slow=39, signal=15
40.8%-70.9%0.900.5833.8x11153%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=2
35.5%-64.6%0.870.5522.8x12450%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=2
31.7%-46.8%0.850.6817.0x9833%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=68, exitN=71
26.6%-48.1%0.800.5511.4x1656%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=22
18.0%-35.2%0.790.515.5x1014%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=8, mult=1.2
26.7%-62.3%0.780.4311.4x11832%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.07
25.1%-63.8%0.730.3910.0x7964%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=88
22.3%-50.1%0.700.447.9x2358%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=205
17.5%-51.6%0.610.345.3x1351%
Buy and hold7.6%-98.9%0.480.082.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -55.3% (2020-06-08 → 2020-11-12), recovered after 183 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward 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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