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NN Group N.V. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NN Group N.V.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -30.3%).

Data 2014-07-02 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,113 (12.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.2%, drawdown -49.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.2%, MDD -47.2%, Sharpe 0.63, 92% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 2.2%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -30.3%, exposure 66%).

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=11, exitN=117
12.2%-47.2%0.630.264.0x1792%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=242
9.3%-30.3%0.590.313.0x1166%
ROC 모멘텀
n=16, threshold=-0.09
11.3%-50.1%0.590.223.7x3995%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=2.6
8.4%-47.1%0.550.182.7x9859%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=205
7.9%-31.7%0.530.252.5x1762%
MACD
fast=19, slow=23, signal=7
6.2%-33.9%0.460.182.1x20251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=34
0.7%-3.1%0.440.241.1x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
4.2%-37.2%0.330.111.6x23258%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=19, mult=0.7
0.9%-45.1%0.130.021.1x18052%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=3.3
0.2%-6.2%0.100.031.0x41%
Buy and hold11.2%-49.4%0.550.233.6x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -25% -37% -49% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.2% (2022-02-11 → 2023-11-10), recovered after 1,264 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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