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Arcadis NV backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arcadis NV. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -34.0%).

Data 1998-07-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,214 (28.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.8%, drawdown -73.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -34.0%, Sharpe 0.68, 44% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 14.1%, MDD -49.7%, exposure 60%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.4%p (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -34.0%, exposure 44%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=101, exitN=31
11.7%-34.0%0.680.3522.5x5144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=102
14.1%-49.7%0.660.2840.6x6160%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=109, k=1.6
11.8%-43.8%0.650.2722.6x6347%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=55
12.0%-45.5%0.600.2624.2x6760%
Supertrend
period=32, mult=4.5
12.5%-42.4%0.600.2926.8x7962%
ROC 모멘텀
n=105, threshold=-0.02
8.9%-48.1%0.470.1910.9x23363%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=13, mult=4
3.7%-51.5%0.340.072.8x6325%
MACD
fast=31, slow=97, signal=47
3.1%-60.8%0.240.052.4x14953%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=16
1.4%-52.0%0.170.031.5x13824%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-2.2%-86.0%0.02-0.030.5x23555%
Buy and hold9.8%-73.4%0.440.1313.6x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -37% -55% -73% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -34.0% (2020-02-19 → 2020-10-28), recovered after 322 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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