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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -55.1%).

Data 2004-09-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,543 (21.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -11.4%, drawdown -99.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 12.2%, MDD -55.1%, Sharpe 0.53, 10% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 23.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.6%p (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -55.1%, exposure 10%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=37
12.2%-55.1%0.530.2212.4x7610%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=72, slow=208
11.7%-66.7%0.430.1711.2x2041%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.1
8.8%-75.5%0.420.126.3x4815%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.8
7.9%-62.5%0.410.135.3x227%
MACD
fast=16, slow=58, signal=21
8.2%-90.7%0.380.095.6x20151%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=56, exitN=34
9.1%-85.0%0.380.116.8x4636%
ROC 모멘텀
n=191, threshold=0.12
7.9%-72.6%0.380.115.3x10435%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=84
5.2%-75.1%0.310.073.0x5838%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3.9
-0.3%-88.2%0.21-0.000.9x8447%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.22
-9.9%-99.3%0.03-0.100.1x72747%
Buy and hold-11.4%-99.7%0.18-0.110.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -55.1% (2012-02-20 → 2020-11-30), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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