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Canadian Utilities Limited Class A backtest

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

Data 2000-08-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,521 (26.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.7%, drawdown -42.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.8%, MDD -36.7%, Sharpe 0.34, 60% 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=78, exitN=77
3.8%-36.7%0.340.102.6x3760%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=170
3.7%-46.8%0.330.082.6x5159%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=113
3.5%-44.9%0.310.082.5x3563%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=60, threshold=25
1.2%-11.3%0.300.111.4x43%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=5
3.1%-36.7%0.290.082.2x6360%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=65, k=3.3
1.3%-23.6%0.240.061.4x1510%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.02
1.2%-45.2%0.160.031.4x18766%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.8
-1.2%-53.8%-0.08-0.020.7x9928%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-2.7%-68.3%-0.12-0.040.5x22954%
MACD
fast=12, slow=45, signal=18
-6.3%-87.0%-0.38-0.070.2x36951%
Buy and hold6.7%-42.0%0.420.165.4x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -21% -31% -42% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -36.7% (2013-04-30 → 2024-07-31), recovered after 4,832 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 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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