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DNO ASA Class A backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DNO ASA Class A. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.9%, MDD -60.6%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,759 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OSLMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.1%, drawdown -89.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -70.3%, Sharpe 0.50, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.8%p (CAGR 11.9%, MDD -60.6%, exposure 55%).

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
Supertrend
period=24, mult=2.8
12.6%-70.3%0.500.1823.5x20953%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=94
11.9%-60.6%0.490.2020.2x5955%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=139
11.3%-62.7%0.480.1817.4x6853%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=56, exitN=76
11.4%-64.6%0.480.1817.9x4159%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.4
6.1%-41.3%0.440.154.9x5410%
MACD
fast=18, slow=40, signal=15
8.9%-73.9%0.410.129.6x30750%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=1.1
7.7%-70.4%0.390.117.3x19942%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=33
2.2%-12.0%0.370.181.8x102%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.08
6.3%-89.2%0.350.075.1x20167%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
4.9%-79.6%0.310.063.6x21150%
Buy and hold10.1%-89.1%0.450.1113.1x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -70.3% (2006-05-11 → 2008-11-19), recovered after 2,734 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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