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Banco Santander, S.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Banco Santander, S.A.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.6%, MDD -28.9%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,824 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BMEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.8%, drawdown -88.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.8%, MDD -30.5%, Sharpe 0.41, 27% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.9%, MDD -48.4%, exposure 48%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 58.2%p (CAGR 2.6%, MDD -28.9%, exposure 15%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=77, atrPeriod=11, mult=4
4.8%-30.5%0.410.163.5x4727%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=217
5.9%-48.4%0.390.124.5x3348%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=93, exitN=38
4.8%-36.5%0.380.133.5x4934%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=131
4.8%-46.8%0.340.103.5x3751%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=0.03
4.3%-42.9%0.320.103.1x18745%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=17
2.6%-28.9%0.270.092.0x9815%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=71, k=2.3
2.6%-30.0%0.260.092.0x5726%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
1.3%-72.0%0.170.021.4x8553%
MACD
fast=19, slow=52, signal=19
-3.0%-84.2%-0.03-0.040.4x27849%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.02
-3.0%-87.7%-0.03-0.030.5x16956%
Buy and hold0.8%-88.6%0.200.011.2x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -89% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.5% (2021-06-03 → 2024-03-14), recovered after 1,560 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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