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LATAM Airlines Group SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of LATAM Airlines Group SA. 10 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 3.3%, MDD -16.0%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,716 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BCSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.3%, drawdown -99.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.8%, MDD -39.5%, Sharpe 0.86, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 17.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 60.0%p (CAGR 3.3%, MDD -16.0%, exposure 4%).

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=52, atrPeriod=11, mult=3
14.8%-39.5%0.860.3839.5x7937%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=41
3.3%-16.0%0.570.202.3x204%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=2.2
8.4%-69.0%0.430.128.5x28248%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=1.9
7.7%-85.0%0.430.097.2x24832%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=66
13.3%-92.2%0.370.1427.5x3350%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=63
5.1%-95.5%0.350.053.7x4153%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=152
4.9%-96.9%0.340.053.6x3354%
ROC 모멘텀
n=108, threshold=-0.01
10.0%-86.3%0.340.1212.7x17357%
MACD
fast=9, slow=23, signal=14
9.4%-78.4%0.320.1210.9x45649%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
3.4%-96.9%0.310.042.4x29251%
Buy and hold-2.3%-99.5%0.27-0.020.5x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.5% (2018-01-29 → 2022-05-27), recovered after 2,212 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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