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Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 28.5%, MDD -36.1%).

Data 2017-09-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,242 (8.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -68.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 28.5%, MDD -36.1%, Sharpe 1.01, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 17.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.7%p (CAGR 28.5%, MDD -36.1%, exposure 50%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.34
28.5%-36.1%1.010.799.3x23850%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=0.04
21.4%-43.0%0.810.505.6x4844%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=243
17.9%-50.0%0.680.364.3x1249%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=1.5
14.2%-55.6%0.660.263.3x11634%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=194
15.4%-57.0%0.610.273.6x749%
MACD
fast=6, slow=57, signal=19
13.4%-51.4%0.590.263.1x12449%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=19
10.5%-46.3%0.520.232.4x13036%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=2.9
8.4%-65.2%0.430.132.0x5247%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.1
8.0%-57.7%0.420.142.0x5239%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=43
8.0%-51.4%0.420.162.0x1031%
Buy and hold10.6%-68.8%0.450.152.5x1100%
1x 10x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -52% -69% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -36.1% (2020-01-06 → 2020-04-01), recovered after 127 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward 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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