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FirstService Corp backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FirstService Corp. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2015-05-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,807 (11.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.8%, drawdown -42.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.7%, MDD -23.9%, Sharpe 0.91, 64% 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
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.6
16.7%-23.9%0.910.705.6x3264%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=28
12.9%-28.2%0.760.463.9x3762%
ROC 모멘텀
n=203, threshold=-0.04
12.9%-30.2%0.710.433.9x2076%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=73
12.9%-43.6%0.680.303.9x3166%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=70
11.0%-29.8%0.620.373.2x2968%
MACD
fast=31, slow=34, signal=24
8.7%-31.3%0.570.282.5x8849%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=16, mult=3
6.6%-24.1%0.520.272.0x4241%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=2.9
2.7%-13.1%0.470.201.3x248%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
6.4%-44.3%0.420.142.0x10659%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=32
3.1%-20.4%0.370.151.4x2615%
Buy and hold24.8%-42.8%0.690.5811.9x1100%
1x 10x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -11% -21% -32% -43% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -23.9% (2021-11-25 → 2022-11-04), recovered after 658 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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