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Weatherford International plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Weatherford International plc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 63.0%, MDD -34.4%).

Data 2021-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,400 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 63.1%, drawdown -70.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 79.0%, MDD -39.2%, Sharpe 1.49, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 16.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.6%p (CAGR 63.0%, MDD -34.4%, exposure 68%).

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=18, exitN=53
79.0%-39.2%1.492.0225.6x781%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.7
63.0%-34.4%1.341.8315.2x1268%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=83
59.6%-35.0%1.331.7013.5x671%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=12
51.5%-32.4%1.311.5910.1x3060%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=99
55.1%-29.6%1.291.8611.5x1268%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=2.5
34.5%-24.4%1.251.415.2x2023%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=0.06
51.0%-29.5%1.251.739.9x2865%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.12
38.2%-56.2%1.020.686.1x16157%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=11, mult=3
23.2%-34.5%0.930.673.2x1629%
MACD
fast=5, slow=57, signal=17
19.9%-58.9%0.680.342.7x9550%
Buy and hold63.1%-70.8%1.190.8915.2x1100%
1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.2% (2022-04-18 → 2022-08-04), recovered after 186 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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