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Santos Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Santos Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

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

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.0%, drawdown -84.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.3%, MDD -79.9%, Sharpe 0.29, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=9, threshold=-0.11
4.3%-79.9%0.290.055.1x12398%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=79
0.6%-72.5%0.160.011.3x17587%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=32
0.9%-41.4%0.140.021.4x5415%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=170
0.8%-64.4%0.140.011.3x9352%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=313
-0.3%-65.0%0.09-0.000.9x8155%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.4
-1.4%-67.9%0.04-0.020.6x18549%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=2.6
-1.0%-65.7%-0.00-0.020.7x9422%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
-1.5%-57.4%-0.04-0.030.6x11022%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-4.0%-88.7%-0.06-0.040.2x26553%
MACD
fast=19, slow=73, signal=10
-7.3%-97.6%-0.21-0.080.1x49350%
Buy and hold3.0%-84.8%0.250.043.1x1100%
1x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -79.9% (2009-03-26 → 2017-07-11), recovered after 4,308 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 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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