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Oceaneering International, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Oceaneering International, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.7%, MDD -47.3%).

Data 1975-10-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 12,792 (50.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.7%, drawdown -97.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -73.2%, Sharpe 0.38, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 1.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.4%p (CAGR 4.7%, MDD -47.3%, exposure 10%).

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=19, slow=392
7.5%-73.2%0.380.1040.0x6752%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=64, slow=252
6.6%-81.8%0.360.0825.6x5352%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=20
4.7%-47.3%0.330.1010.2x7610%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=32, exitN=73
3.5%-97.2%0.300.045.8x12967%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.22
1.9%-96.6%0.240.022.6x102850%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.6
1.3%-88.0%0.200.011.9x26338%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=0.04
0.8%-89.4%0.190.011.5x44747%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=22, mult=1.7
0.8%-87.3%0.180.011.5x31138%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=2.8
-0.3%-93.7%0.17-0.000.9x40847%
MACD
fast=18, slow=35, signal=12
-3.9%-99.6%0.10-0.040.1x71951%
Buy and hold5.7%-97.6%0.390.0616.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1976 1983 1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2025 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1976 1983 1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -73.2% (1997-11-05 → 2003-07-25), recovered after 3,474 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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