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El Sewedy Electric Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of El Sewedy Electric Company. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -41.0%).

Data 2006-05-31 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,042 (20.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EGXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.3%, drawdown -79.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 27.5%, MDD -41.0%, Sharpe 1.07, 41% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 29.5%, MDD -53.7%, exposure 58%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 5.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.7%p (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -41.0%, exposure 41%).

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=100, exitN=44
27.5%-41.0%1.070.67138.0x2141%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=116
29.5%-53.7%1.010.55186.9x3958%
ROC 모멘텀
n=114, threshold=0.03
26.3%-52.1%0.950.51113.4x13755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=123
26.8%-62.0%0.940.43121.9x3559%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.12
23.6%-50.3%0.900.4772.5x46853%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.7
23.3%-57.5%0.850.4170.1x5960%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.9
18.7%-51.6%0.840.3632.4x5536%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.3
16.4%-52.1%0.770.3121.5x6532%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=33
11.4%-28.1%0.740.408.8x1917%
MACD
fast=10, slow=20, signal=5
11.8%-65.9%0.540.189.5x49949%
Buy and hold22.3%-79.6%0.710.2858.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -41.0% (2008-01-14 → 2013-07-28), recovered after 2,233 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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