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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1995-01-12 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,950 (31.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.8%, drawdown -84.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -75.7%, Sharpe 0.33, 70% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=13, exitN=30
5.5%-75.7%0.330.075.4x18170%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=48, threshold=20
3.0%-27.0%0.330.112.5x227%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=210
3.8%-70.6%0.280.053.2x5253%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.4
3.5%-77.4%0.260.053.0x13751%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=194
2.8%-77.6%0.240.042.4x6355%
MACD
fast=21, slow=59, signal=18
2.0%-81.3%0.220.021.9x30752%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.5
1.8%-74.2%0.190.021.8x9527%
ROC 모멘텀
n=86, threshold=0.06
0.6%-77.3%0.170.011.2x38746%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-0.4%-81.5%0.14-0.000.9x27752%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.3
-0.3%-77.5%0.12-0.000.9x23541%
Buy and hold9.8%-84.4%0.430.1219.3x1100%
1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -75.7% (2008-03-17 → 2014-01-09), recovered after 6,169 days.

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 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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