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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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iA Financial Corporation Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iA Financial Corporation Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -38.7%).

Data 2000-02-10 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,670 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -67.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -38.7%, Sharpe 0.60, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.1%p (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -38.7%, exposure 63%).

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=43, exitN=39
9.7%-38.7%0.600.2511.7x6963%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.4
8.2%-43.4%0.520.198.1x9263%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=91
8.2%-43.3%0.520.198.1x4569%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=219
7.2%-58.9%0.470.126.3x3166%
ROC 모멘텀
n=82, threshold=-0.03
7.2%-48.8%0.460.156.4x21373%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.8
4.3%-32.1%0.420.143.1x9226%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=27
2.8%-17.3%0.380.162.1x3211%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=2.4
3.4%-33.9%0.330.102.5x9630%
MACD
fast=18, slow=37, signal=20
0.8%-60.6%0.140.011.2x30249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-0.1%-67.7%0.09-0.001.0x23456%
Buy and hold12.5%-67.8%0.570.1822.6x1100%
1x 10x 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% -17% -34% -51% -68% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.7% (2005-03-10 → 2009-04-07), recovered after 1,805 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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