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International Seaways, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of International Seaways, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2016-11-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,438 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 26.4%, drawdown -57.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -53.6%, Sharpe 0.61, 59% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Supertrend
period=24, mult=5
15.8%-53.6%0.610.304.2x2559%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=72, slow=148
15.3%-49.3%0.600.314.0x1554%
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=0.09
11.2%-51.6%0.540.222.8x8744%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=30
5.4%-19.3%0.520.281.7x148%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=50
13.1%-57.3%0.510.233.3x3781%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=62
11.6%-71.0%0.500.162.9x2559%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=1.8
5.4%-52.3%0.340.101.7x12734%
MACD
fast=19, slow=45, signal=19
4.8%-69.0%0.310.071.6x10550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=27, mult=0.7
4.1%-74.3%0.280.051.5x13948%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.16
3.1%-49.6%0.260.061.3x30753%
Buy and hold26.4%-57.9%0.720.469.7x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -29% -43% -58% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.6% (2018-06-25 → 2022-03-14), recovered after 1,593 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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