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Compania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Compania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A.. 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 9.9%, MDD -19.2%).

Data 2000-01-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,714 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BCSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.5%, drawdown -97.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.1%, MDD -44.4%, Sharpe 0.81, 33% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 15.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.1%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -19.2%, exposure 16%).

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=80, atrPeriod=25, mult=4
15.1%-44.4%0.810.3442.3x4233%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=28
9.9%-19.2%0.780.5112.2x2816%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=23
11.8%-62.4%0.630.1919.4x7438%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=3.1
9.3%-30.9%0.630.3010.7x6622%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=90
12.8%-59.4%0.620.2224.8x7250%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=0.07
11.8%-57.3%0.620.2119.2x18637%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=156
11.3%-68.4%0.590.1617.0x3445%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
8.3%-76.8%0.450.118.3x10051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
7.2%-69.2%0.410.106.4x28148%
MACD
fast=17, slow=24, signal=15
6.5%-68.5%0.380.095.3x33951%
Buy and hold-0.5%-97.4%0.17-0.000.9x1100%
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% -24% -49% -73% -97% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -44.4% (2010-10-28 → 2016-11-09), recovered after 2,315 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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