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Saudi Telecom Co. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Saudi Telecom Co.. 0 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 4,035 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TADAWULMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.6%, drawdown -69.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -69.5%, 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=1, threshold=-0.11
5.4%-69.5%0.310.082.4x5100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=67, exitN=34
4.5%-66.8%0.280.072.0x3842%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=85
1.5%-64.0%0.240.021.3x6053%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=106
1.0%-65.3%0.230.021.2x4053%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=30
1.2%-16.3%0.220.071.2x209%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
-3.6%-87.7%0.11-0.040.5x6455%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.9
-3.6%-87.3%0.10-0.040.5x8433%
MACD
fast=21, slow=30, signal=17
-4.3%-85.9%0.09-0.050.5x16851%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.1
-4.4%-85.8%0.08-0.050.5x6024%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
-6.1%-86.5%0.05-0.070.4x17455%
Buy and hold5.6%-69.4%0.310.082.4x1100%
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% -17% -35% -52% -70% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -69.5% (2011-01-06 → 2011-11-01), recovered after 3,009 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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