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Aurubis AG backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aurubis AG. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1998-11-09 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,113 (27.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.4%, drawdown -62.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -51.3%, Sharpe 0.44, 56% 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
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
7.9%-51.3%0.440.158.4x7656%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=147
7.2%-46.1%0.400.167.0x5259%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=42, exitN=65
6.6%-56.6%0.370.125.9x5364%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=156
6.3%-61.3%0.370.105.4x8160%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=94, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.3
3.9%-43.6%0.290.092.9x10245%
ROC 모멘텀
n=118, threshold=-0.04
3.4%-67.1%0.260.052.5x21368%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=51
0.4%-3.3%0.250.111.1x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=1.9
2.3%-47.6%0.210.051.9x13839%
MACD
fast=18, slow=26, signal=18
0.2%-67.6%0.130.001.1x37952%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-0.4%-77.0%0.11-0.000.9x24256%
Buy and hold10.4%-62.5%0.460.1715.7x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -62% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -51.3% (2013-02-01 → 2019-10-02), recovered after 3,015 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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