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Almarai Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Almarai Company. 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 2010-03-04 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 4,033 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TADAWULMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -55.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.2%, MDD -55.8%, Sharpe 0.31, 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=6, threshold=-0.14
5.2%-55.8%0.310.092.3x11100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=69
4.6%-51.4%0.290.092.1x6953%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.7
3.3%-47.0%0.250.071.7x4955%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=83
2.8%-57.6%0.240.051.6x2764%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.6
2.3%-43.0%0.210.051.5x3626%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=67, k=2.8
2.3%-46.4%0.210.051.4x3126%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=84
1.9%-55.1%0.210.031.4x4555%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=25
1.2%-43.1%0.170.031.2x4813%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-1.8%-61.8%0.09-0.030.7x11552%
MACD
fast=18, slow=47, signal=17
-9.3%-80.2%-0.23-0.120.2x20048%
Buy and hold5.0%-55.8%0.310.092.2x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -55.8% (2011-01-06 → 2011-09-25), recovered after 903 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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