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National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-03-04 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 4,035 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TADAWULMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -73.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 4.9%, MDD -25.3%, Sharpe 0.46, 18% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -68.7%, exposure 89%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=23
4.9%-25.3%0.460.192.2x5218%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=69
9.2%-68.7%0.380.134.2x5989%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
7.0%-64.6%0.330.113.0x11051%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=4.3
6.5%-61.0%0.330.112.8x7852%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=-0.04
5.1%-68.6%0.310.072.3x11766%
MACD
fast=15, slow=31, signal=15
4.8%-66.3%0.300.072.2x19348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=38
3.9%-66.0%0.280.061.9x11650%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=135
-0.6%-62.8%0.18-0.010.9x4358%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=1.9
-0.1%-83.4%0.18-0.001.0x12630%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=8, mult=2
-1.4%-82.2%0.15-0.020.8x9433%
Buy and hold8.6%-73.5%0.380.123.9x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -37% -55% -73% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -25.3% (2014-04-23 → 2015-05-13), recovered after 938 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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