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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 14.5%, MDD -46.3%).

Data 2013-03-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,368 (13.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.6%, drawdown -94.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.6%, MDD -58.1%, Sharpe 0.59, 68% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 11.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.7%p (CAGR 14.5%, 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
15.6%-58.1%0.590.277.0x2168%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=64
14.5%-46.3%0.570.316.1x4461%
ROC 모멘텀
n=62, threshold=-0.03
13.8%-57.7%0.550.245.7x11566%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
11.6%-53.1%0.510.224.4x3558%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.5
2.7%-12.7%0.480.211.4x45%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=152
6.9%-62.8%0.370.112.4x2755%
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
2.0%-67.2%0.230.031.3x16350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-0.9%-71.6%0.14-0.010.9x24654%
Buy and hold4.6%-94.8%0.350.051.8x1100%
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 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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