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Spartan Delta Corp backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Spartan Delta Corp. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -33.3%).

Data 2006-05-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,063 (20.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -18.0%, drawdown -99.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.6%, MDD -96.5%, Sharpe 0.47, 45% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -33.3%, exposure 5%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 23.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 3.3%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -33.3%, exposure 5%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=28
5.6%-96.5%0.470.063.0x24545%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=31
9.3%-33.3%0.440.286.0x145%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.12
-7.4%-98.9%0.40-0.070.2x34651%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=142, exitN=31
6.3%-78.7%0.380.083.5x2623%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=4.7
-20.9%-99.9%0.33-0.210.0x9462%
MACD
fast=18, slow=43, signal=19
-31.4%-100.0%0.25-0.310.0x21355%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=292
-4.3%-93.4%0.22-0.050.4x2535%
ROC 모멘텀
n=43, threshold=-0.03
-34.3%-100.0%0.16-0.340.0x36756%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3.4
-4.6%-91.1%0.09-0.050.4x3412%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
-13.5%-99.9%0.02-0.140.1x5222%
Buy and hold-18.0%-99.9%0.58-0.180.0x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ADX / DI 방향성SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -96.5% (2013-11-13 → 2019-02-11), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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