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Texas Pacific Land Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Texas Pacific Land Corporation. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.3%, MDD -49.4%).

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

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.4%, drawdown -75.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 17.1%, MDD -61.4%, Sharpe 0.77, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.2%p (CAGR 16.3%, MDD -49.4%, exposure 57%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=35
17.1%-61.4%0.770.281503.9x16057%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
16.3%-49.4%0.750.331087.9x19857%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=70, exitN=25
14.3%-54.2%0.740.26485.2x12639%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=94
15.9%-52.4%0.730.30941.7x17856%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.6
13.4%-55.4%0.690.24341.2x20041%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.4
12.6%-51.3%0.660.25245.0x22242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
12.9%-57.4%0.620.23281.9x34251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=12
11.4%-63.5%0.600.18148.4x43048%
MACD
fast=19, slow=53, signal=18
11.6%-61.8%0.580.19164.2x44949%
ROC 모멘텀
n=76, threshold=0.08
9.7%-65.8%0.530.1574.7x40439%
Buy and hold14.4%-75.5%0.560.19514.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -61.4% (2024-11-22 → 2026-01-20), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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