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GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -44.6%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,792 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.3%, drawdown -80.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -45.7%, Sharpe 0.43, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.5%p (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 58%).

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=25, mult=4
7.5%-45.7%0.430.166.9x10157%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=116
6.8%-59.6%0.400.115.7x4859%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=69
6.3%-58.6%0.380.115.0x4761%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=208
5.0%-44.6%0.330.113.7x3158%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=-0.04
4.3%-70.7%0.290.063.1x22766%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.7
1.2%-11.1%0.250.111.4x82%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=36
1.0%-18.6%0.200.051.3x202%
MACD
fast=17, slow=59, signal=16
1.7%-67.4%0.190.031.6x28551%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.3
0.8%-21.4%0.150.041.2x285%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.36
-8.1%-93.1%-0.24-0.090.1x66553%
Buy and hold4.3%-80.2%0.290.053.1x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -45.7% (2007-07-06 → 2009-04-20), recovered after 2,030 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 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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