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Etihad Etisalat Co. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Etihad Etisalat Co.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -30.9%).

Data 2010-03-03 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 4,034 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TADAWULMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.3%, drawdown -86.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.1%, MDD -32.0%, Sharpe 0.39, 47% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 54.7%p (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 62%).

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=100, exitN=52
5.1%-32.0%0.390.162.2x2247%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=186
5.7%-30.9%0.380.182.5x2262%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
5.0%-37.1%0.360.142.2x4456%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0
4.2%-34.4%0.310.122.0x12061%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.04
3.6%-39.6%0.290.091.8x10953%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=179
3.4%-50.7%0.280.071.7x3259%
MACD
fast=12, slow=68, signal=21
2.3%-44.1%0.220.051.5x16749%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.5
1.3%-21.4%0.200.061.2x3010%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=1.7
1.8%-34.7%0.200.051.3x8635%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=19
1.5%-27.2%0.170.051.3x10632%
Buy and hold2.3%-86.8%0.220.031.5x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.0% (2019-07-15 → 2020-06-30), recovered after 2,225 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 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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