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Precision Drilling Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Precision Drilling Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 12.4%, MDD -48.8%).

Data 2006-01-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,156 (20.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -9.2%, drawdown -99.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.4%, MDD -49.5%, Sharpe 0.59, 34% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 22.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.5%p (CAGR 12.4%, MDD -48.8%, exposure 31%).

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=29, exitN=10
13.4%-49.5%0.590.2713.2x11234%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=1.9
12.4%-48.8%0.570.2511.0x13831%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=45
9.5%-59.9%0.440.166.4x17650%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=3.6
8.4%-68.2%0.410.125.3x10252%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=8
7.9%-74.7%0.390.114.8x31449%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=0.04
7.8%-59.4%0.390.134.7x26842%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.2
5.2%-67.1%0.320.082.8x13442%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.36
4.3%-75.3%0.300.062.4x44649%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=131
3.7%-70.4%0.270.052.1x3345%
MACD
fast=10, slow=31, signal=4
0.8%-81.3%0.210.011.2x53451%
Buy and hold-9.2%-99.0%0.09-0.090.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -49.5% (2020-06-08 → 2021-01-29), recovered after 612 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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