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Total Energy Services Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Total Energy Services Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 19.7%, MDD -54.5%).

Data 1998-12-15 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,960 (27.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.3%, drawdown -93.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 21.6%, MDD -69.3%, Sharpe 0.80, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.5%p (CAGR 19.7%, MDD -54.5%, exposure 53%).

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=30, exitN=20
21.6%-69.3%0.800.31227.6x10752%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.1
20.1%-71.9%0.790.28160.9x13945%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=44
20.1%-55.3%0.760.36159.0x7353%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=104
19.9%-64.9%0.750.31153.6x10555%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=64, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.3
18.1%-61.3%0.750.2999.5x10742%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.3
19.7%-54.5%0.740.36147.1x9953%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=20
11.1%-37.0%0.660.3018.3x6421%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=0.03
15.0%-74.6%0.630.2048.3x25949%
MACD
fast=16, slow=51, signal=19
7.7%-81.5%0.390.097.9x31351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.26
5.6%-91.2%0.330.064.5x69950%
Buy and hold15.3%-93.8%0.540.1652.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -69.3% (2013-12-31 → 2020-09-11), recovered after 3,303 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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