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Capital B backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Capital B. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 14.2%, MDD -64.5%).

Data 2011-07-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,858 (15.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -14.5%, drawdown -98.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 25.9%, MDD -71.7%, Sharpe 0.66, 32% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 40.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.8%p (CAGR 14.2%, MDD -64.5%, exposure 8%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=118
25.9%-71.7%0.660.3632.3x2032%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=103, exitN=35
25.2%-82.3%0.650.3129.6x2229%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=155
24.8%-72.9%0.640.3428.1x2233%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.7
19.4%-68.3%0.560.2814.4x5015%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.3
16.6%-69.0%0.520.2410.2x5016%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.6
14.8%-82.1%0.500.188.1x3838%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=36
14.2%-64.5%0.480.227.4x348%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=-0.04
9.8%-87.3%0.440.114.1x9840%
MACD
fast=19, slow=69, signal=15
7.8%-92.4%0.420.083.1x14354%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.36
4.1%-90.8%0.360.051.8x32249%
Buy and hold-14.5%-98.5%0.23-0.150.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -71.7% (2025-06-16 → 2025-08-29), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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