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Tetra Technologies, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tetra Technologies, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -55.7%).

Data 1990-04-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,148 (36.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.9%, drawdown -99.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -74.6%, Sharpe 0.41, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.7%p (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -55.7%, exposure 18%).

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=11, mult=4.5
8.9%-74.6%0.410.1222.3x13053%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=183
8.1%-76.2%0.390.1117.2x4152%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
6.4%-55.7%0.380.129.7x7218%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=2.9
6.0%-78.8%0.360.088.3x7216%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=7, exitN=49
5.6%-92.0%0.360.067.3x19883%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=29
5.4%-60.5%0.330.096.9x20618%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0
5.4%-88.7%0.330.066.7x25855%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=192
4.8%-71.8%0.310.075.6x5952%
MACD
fast=15, slow=58, signal=19
3.3%-93.6%0.290.043.2x42253%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-1.2%-96.2%0.18-0.010.6x30852%
Buy and hold2.9%-99.3%0.350.032.8x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -74.6% (1997-01-22 → 1999-07-07), recovered after 3,302 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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