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Telesat Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Telesat Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.0%, MDD -27.0%).

Data 2005-07-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,286 (21.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.4%, drawdown -92.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -63.5%, Sharpe 0.56, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 14.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.2%p (CAGR 4.0%, MDD -27.0%, 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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=176
15.8%-63.5%0.560.2521.8x2952%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=62, exitN=135
12.9%-74.5%0.490.1712.9x1965%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=119
10.3%-66.2%0.440.167.8x3949%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.38
7.1%-76.7%0.370.094.2x57450%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.04
7.1%-78.7%0.370.094.2x13358%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.3
4.0%-27.0%0.360.152.3x204%
MACD
fast=15, slow=64, signal=19
5.4%-74.5%0.330.073.0x21453%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=3.2
4.3%-61.9%0.300.072.4x3811%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=3.1
2.7%-74.0%0.260.041.7x12849%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=16
2.3%-87.8%0.250.031.6x38645%
Buy and hold1.4%-92.7%0.300.021.3x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -63.5% (2012-03-29 → 2020-11-04), recovered after 3,254 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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