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Kelt Exploration Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kelt Exploration Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -46.3%).

Data 2013-03-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,388 (13.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.1%, drawdown -94.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.0%, MDD -58.1%, Sharpe 0.60, 68% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 10.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.7%p (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -46.3%, exposure 61%).

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=42, exitN=64
16.0%-58.1%0.600.287.4x2168%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=64
15.1%-46.3%0.590.336.7x4561%
ROC 모멘텀
n=62, threshold=-0.03
14.1%-57.7%0.560.246.0x11966%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
12.1%-53.1%0.520.234.6x3558%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.5
2.7%-12.7%0.480.211.4x45%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=152
7.3%-62.8%0.390.122.6x2755%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=21
3.0%-29.5%0.330.101.5x2012%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
2.0%-16.9%0.300.121.3x85%
MACD
fast=18, slow=28, signal=16
1.9%-67.2%0.230.031.3x16550%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-0.6%-71.6%0.15-0.010.9x24753%
Buy and hold5.1%-94.8%0.360.052.0x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.1% (2018-07-31 → 2020-10-06), recovered after 1,036 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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