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Atalaya Mining Copper SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Atalaya Mining Copper SA. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 9.1%, MDD -46.4%).

Data 2005-05-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,370 (21.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.8%, drawdown -93.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.6%, MDD -59.9%, Sharpe 0.60, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 11.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.2%p (CAGR 9.1%, MDD -46.4%, exposure 28%).

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
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
17.6%-59.9%0.600.2931.1x5354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=74
15.1%-50.4%0.550.3019.8x6752%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=36
12.2%-58.3%0.490.2111.5x6054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=0.06
11.1%-59.3%0.470.199.3x22143%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=19
9.1%-46.4%0.440.196.3x11428%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=1.6
7.6%-71.4%0.380.114.7x18734%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=71
6.5%-66.2%0.350.103.8x5751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.7
5.3%-58.8%0.330.093.0x7419%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.18
2.2%-84.0%0.250.031.6x53048%
MACD
fast=17, slow=37, signal=16
2.0%-80.6%0.240.021.5x24750%
Buy and hold5.8%-93.1%0.370.063.3x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -59.9% (2011-01-18 → 2016-01-21), recovered after 2,697 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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