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Keppel Infrastructure Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Keppel Infrastructure Trust. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -7.4%).

Data 2007-11-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,688 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.4%, drawdown -66.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 2.4%, MDD -37.7%, Sharpe 0.24, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 4.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.0%p (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -7.4%, exposure 1%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
2.4%-37.7%0.240.061.5x9751%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=118, exitN=65
2.1%-29.3%0.230.071.5x2137%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.3
1.9%-33.5%0.210.061.4x3954%
ROC 모멘텀
n=14, threshold=0.11
0.4%-7.4%0.180.061.1x201%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=66, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.9
0.9%-27.9%0.140.031.2x3223%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.8
0.8%-30.7%0.130.031.2x3416%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=107
-0.1%-42.2%0.06-0.001.0x4752%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=80
-0.3%-50.2%0.05-0.010.9x4350%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=28
-0.1%-22.6%0.03-0.001.0x206%
MACD
fast=19, slow=50, signal=19
-3.9%-72.8%-0.22-0.050.5x18550%
Buy and hold-2.4%-66.6%-0.02-0.040.6x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -37.7% (2009-08-24 → 2012-01-09), recovered after 3,902 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward price.

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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