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Argan backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Argan. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 11.5%, MDD -33.4%).

Data 2007-06-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,888 (19.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.1%, drawdown -58.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -33.4%, Sharpe 0.67, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.0%p (CAGR 11.5%, MDD -33.4%, exposure 64%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=183, threshold=0
11.5%-33.4%0.670.348.0x7164%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=78, slow=283
11.2%-42.7%0.640.267.6x863%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=205
11.1%-37.6%0.640.307.5x2466%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=137, exitN=92
9.6%-34.3%0.630.285.7x1554%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=29
2.2%-8.5%0.440.261.5x126%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.6
3.7%-26.3%0.340.142.0x5732%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=3.3
4.8%-50.9%0.340.092.4x9963%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
4.1%-52.6%0.310.082.2x22357%
MACD
fast=15, slow=59, signal=19
1.5%-48.2%0.170.031.3x21151%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=22, mult=4
0.8%-25.6%0.160.031.2x177%
Buy and hold9.1%-58.4%0.460.165.2x1100%
1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -58% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -33.4% (2020-02-20 → 2020-03-27), recovered after 781 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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