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Superior Plus Corp backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Superior Plus Corp. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -3.2%).

Data 2001-03-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,372 (25.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.8%, drawdown -83.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.5%, MDD -3.2%, Sharpe 0.41, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 2.7%, MDD -48.6%, exposure 50%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 3.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 80.5%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -3.2%, exposure 1%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=36
0.5%-3.2%0.410.171.1x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.1
1.9%-20.6%0.280.091.6x3213%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=78, slow=184
2.7%-48.6%0.250.062.0x3150%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=24, atrPeriod=17, mult=3
1.3%-29.3%0.190.041.4x5815%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=93
1.5%-58.5%0.180.031.5x4976%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=70, slow=185
0.0%-52.5%0.080.001.0x2949%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.4
-0.5%-63.2%0.06-0.010.9x9155%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-1.8%-66.5%-0.02-0.030.6x18053%
ROC 모멘텀
n=201, threshold=0.02
-2.5%-74.0%-0.09-0.030.5x16846%
MACD
fast=16, slow=53, signal=17
-5.5%-80.9%-0.20-0.070.2x30253%
Buy and hold-2.8%-83.8%0.05-0.030.5x1100%
1x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -3.2% (2004-02-19 → 2004-02-25), recovered after 14 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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