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SM Energy Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of SM Energy Company. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -59.9%).

Data 1992-12-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,463 (33.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.6%, drawdown -98.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -63.6%, Sharpe 0.57, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 8.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.3%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -59.9%, exposure 17%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=167, threshold=-0.04
15.8%-63.6%0.570.25137.2x20564%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=218
13.8%-66.0%0.530.2178.0x3557%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=151
12.0%-71.5%0.490.1745.4x4558%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=28
9.3%-59.9%0.470.1620.0x15217%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=69
9.9%-81.2%0.430.1224.2x9379%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.1
6.9%-78.0%0.360.099.3x35543%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=3.7
6.5%-85.5%0.350.088.4x18154%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
6.5%-77.6%0.350.088.2x27752%
MACD
fast=19, slow=54, signal=13
4.9%-88.7%0.320.054.9x40153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.7
5.0%-78.4%0.320.065.2x12216%
Buy and hold7.6%-98.9%0.430.0811.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -63.6% (2008-06-30 → 2009-06-18), recovered after 905 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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