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Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2017-06-26 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,243 (9.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BCBAMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 75.5%, drawdown -55.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 68.1%, MDD -44.6%, Sharpe 1.46, 86% 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=125
68.1%-44.6%1.461.53118.0x686%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.3
50.5%-39.5%1.391.2842.6x4454%
ROC 모멘텀
n=160, threshold=0.02
59.0%-44.7%1.371.3270.7x3676%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=163
56.2%-54.2%1.331.0460.1x874%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=59
53.1%-71.0%1.230.7549.8x2078%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=18
37.1%-35.3%1.151.0518.1x7245%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.1
33.0%-48.0%1.090.6913.7x8845%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.1
39.7%-60.4%1.070.6621.5x3067%
MACD
fast=14, slow=49, signal=10
30.6%-58.6%1.000.5211.6x12047%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.18
24.1%-47.6%0.810.517.3x23955%
Buy and hold75.5%-55.2%1.431.37174.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -41% -55% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -44.6% (2018-04-10 → 2020-04-03), recovered after 819 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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