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Chord Energy Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Chord Energy Corporation. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 41.8%, MDD -75.8%).

Data 2010-06-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,055 (16.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.9%, drawdown -99.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -17.9%, Sharpe 0.66, 4% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 41.8%, MDD -75.8%, exposure 49%.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 9.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 82.0%p (CAGR 41.8%, MDD -75.8%, exposure 49%).

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=34, threshold=33
5.7%-17.9%0.660.322.5x24%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=254
8.6%-53.3%0.420.163.8x3148%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=93, exitN=38
8.0%-46.1%0.420.173.4x2835%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=106
7.7%-54.3%0.390.143.3x2750%
ROC 모멘텀
n=47, threshold=0.02
7.7%-70.0%0.350.113.3x21247%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=3.4
5.8%-64.4%0.340.092.5x1211%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.5
6.0%-85.4%0.330.072.6x5154%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=34, mult=4
4.2%-62.0%0.280.071.9x2618%
MACD
fast=17, slow=35, signal=24
41.8%-75.8%0.250.55277.6x16949%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.1
31.2%-93.9%0.250.3380.1x35149%
Buy and hold14.9%-99.8%0.250.159.4x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 100x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 MACDADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdMACDADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -17.9% (2021-01-14 → 2021-01-26), recovered after 25 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 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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