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Terna S.p.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Terna S.p.A.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2004-06-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,623 (22.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue MILMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -30.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -33.1%, Sharpe 0.49, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=4, threshold=-0.13
8.2%-33.1%0.490.255.8x7100%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=264
5.2%-31.3%0.380.173.1x1578%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=176
4.0%-30.6%0.330.132.4x3570%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=2.9
0.8%-13.2%0.230.061.2x306%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=56, exitN=99
2.4%-39.9%0.220.061.7x2977%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=24
0.7%-12.7%0.180.051.2x247%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.9
-0.9%-40.7%-0.00-0.020.8x9357%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
-0.9%-22.7%-0.27-0.040.8x163%
MACD
fast=18, slow=30, signal=11
-5.5%-74.5%-0.33-0.070.3x34052%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-6.2%-80.5%-0.38-0.080.2x21058%
Buy and hold8.1%-30.6%0.480.275.6x1100%
1x 2005 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% -8% -17% -25% -33% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -33.1% (2011-05-11 → 2011-11-24), recovered after 904 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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