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National Australia Bank Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of National Australia Bank Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1988-01-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,872 (38.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.3%, drawdown -67.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 3.2%, MDD -25.7%, Sharpe 0.39, 20% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.5%, MDD -40.4%, exposure 59%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=28
3.2%-25.7%0.390.123.3x5220%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=81, slow=272
4.5%-40.4%0.360.115.4x4259%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
2.6%-25.7%0.350.102.7x6817%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=3.4
2.4%-23.9%0.320.102.5x7217%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=83, slow=231
3.4%-46.2%0.290.073.6x3663%
ROC 모멘텀
n=151, threshold=0.01
2.5%-52.5%0.240.052.6x23455%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=54
2.3%-78.7%0.210.032.4x18780%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.3
0.7%-64.7%0.120.011.3x20355%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
0.5%-74.2%0.110.011.2x27356%
MACD
fast=17, slow=35, signal=20
-4.3%-89.3%-0.21-0.050.2x45751%
Buy and hold6.3%-67.5%0.380.0910.5x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -34% -51% -67% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -25.7% (1997-08-28 → 1998-11-01), recovered after 572 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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