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Diamondback Energy, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Diamondback Energy, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 20.3%, MDD -66.2%).

Data 2012-10-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,468 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.4%, drawdown -88.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.3%, MDD -66.2%, Sharpe 0.68, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.7%p (CAGR 20.3%, MDD -66.2%, exposure 85%).

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=9, exitN=54
20.3%-66.2%0.680.3112.8x4585%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.4
16.1%-54.4%0.630.307.8x4761%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=132
15.5%-50.2%0.630.317.3x1961%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=63
14.7%-50.9%0.600.296.6x8460%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=17
9.1%-42.0%0.490.223.3x8628%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.5
5.4%-15.5%0.480.352.1x66%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.26
7.8%-58.0%0.400.132.8x19353%
ROC 모멘텀
n=90, threshold=-0.01
7.4%-64.5%0.390.122.7x14161%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.6
5.3%-47.9%0.340.112.0x5430%
MACD
fast=8, slow=30, signal=14
5.7%-60.7%0.330.092.2x25550%
Buy and hold19.4%-88.9%0.620.2211.5x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -67% -89% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.2% (2018-05-21 → 2020-04-16), recovered after 1,018 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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