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Bureau Veritas SA backtest

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

Data 2007-10-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,801 (18.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.8%, drawdown -41.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.1%, MDD -34.8%, Sharpe 0.27, 57% 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=25, mult=3.6
3.1%-34.8%0.270.091.8x9157%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=19
1.7%-23.1%0.230.071.4x6821%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=29
1.6%-41.4%0.180.041.3x9770%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=61, k=2.4
0.9%-26.7%0.140.041.2x4728%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=71, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.5
0.7%-41.1%0.120.021.1x4930%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=163
0.1%-61.4%0.090.001.0x3658%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=0.03
-0.8%-56.9%0.02-0.010.9x20848%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=109
-1.6%-64.6%-0.03-0.030.7x4758%
MACD
fast=15, slow=34, signal=17
-2.7%-59.0%-0.09-0.050.6x25749%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-4.0%-55.6%-0.16-0.070.5x17555%
Buy and hold5.8%-41.7%0.350.142.9x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -21% -31% -42% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.8% (2021-11-18 → 2026-07-08), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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