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EQT Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of EQT Corporation. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -57.2%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -91.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -82.3%, Sharpe 0.44, 86% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.4%p (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -57.2%, exposure 64%).

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=11, exitN=87
9.1%-82.3%0.440.1156.5x13386%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=112
7.5%-54.6%0.430.1428.2x13060%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=204
7.5%-57.2%0.420.1328.4x7264%
ROC 모멘텀
n=126, threshold=-0.1
7.2%-79.0%0.400.0925.6x22780%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
3.9%-70.9%0.280.055.8x16659%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=16, mult=4
2.8%-39.1%0.270.073.6x9621%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.6
2.6%-45.7%0.250.063.3x13624%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=31
1.2%-25.8%0.200.041.7x467%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
-2.2%-94.7%0.02-0.020.3x93553%
MACD
fast=19, slow=37, signal=10
-4.6%-97.6%-0.08-0.050.1x71749%
Buy and hold10.0%-91.7%0.450.1181.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -82.3% (2014-05-02 → 2020-03-23), recovered after 2,903 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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