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NexGen Energy Ltd. backtest

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

Data 2014-07-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,033 (12.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 35.3%, drawdown -81.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 30.2%, MDD -75.2%, Sharpe 0.77, 66% 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=9, mult=4.8
30.2%-75.2%0.770.4024.2x3066%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=61, threshold=13
24.2%-34.9%0.760.6913.7x2234%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=106
24.8%-56.5%0.710.4414.5x3455%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=43, exitN=30
23.4%-67.4%0.690.3512.7x3252%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=89
20.9%-66.6%0.640.319.9x2658%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.01
21.0%-66.6%0.640.3110.0x13056%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.2
15.8%-47.5%0.610.335.9x3026%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.3
15.4%-60.0%0.550.265.6x7040%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.24
9.4%-70.4%0.420.133.0x16049%
MACD
fast=16, slow=55, signal=7
3.3%-75.7%0.290.041.5x20347%
Buy and hold35.3%-81.0%0.790.4438.7x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -61% -81% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -75.2% (2017-02-13 → 2020-04-13), recovered after 1,456 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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