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Sprott Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sprott Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -22.9%).

Data 2008-07-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,522 (18.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.4%, drawdown -82.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.1%, MDD -35.1%, Sharpe 0.62, 25% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.2%p (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -22.9%, exposure 15%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.3
11.1%-35.1%0.620.326.7x4025%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=14
9.1%-38.8%0.550.244.8x4421%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=24
7.7%-22.9%0.530.343.8x5215%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=3.2
7.0%-23.7%0.520.293.4x2216%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=0.13
8.5%-45.6%0.470.194.3x10430%
MACD
fast=18, slow=58, signal=24
8.4%-67.8%0.420.124.3x16049%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=74
6.1%-61.5%0.350.102.9x8047%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=71
5.8%-71.6%0.340.082.7x9048%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=2.7
2.5%-83.3%0.230.031.6x13650%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
1.9%-79.1%0.210.021.4x23249%
Buy and hold3.4%-82.3%0.290.041.8x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -82% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -35.1% (2011-01-14 → 2016-03-29), recovered after 3,083 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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