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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -45.4%).

Data 2014-07-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,030 (12.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -16.1%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 19.7%, MDD -53.2%, Sharpe 0.66, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 35.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.0%p (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -45.4%, exposure 17%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=51
19.7%-53.2%0.660.378.7x2348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=64
19.1%-52.2%0.640.378.2x4551%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=49, exitN=60
17.4%-52.0%0.600.336.9x1952%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0
14.2%-47.9%0.530.305.0x7949%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=55, threshold=5
9.9%-61.5%0.430.163.1x9153%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=68, k=3.1
6.7%-45.4%0.370.152.2x1417%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
5.3%-69.1%0.340.081.9x3752%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.24
-4.2%-66.0%0.12-0.060.6x24548%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=27, mult=3.3
-1.4%-63.6%0.07-0.020.8x3220%
MACD
fast=11, slow=25, signal=4
-9.6%-83.7%0.01-0.120.3x33252%
Buy and hold-16.1%-98.2%0.03-0.160.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -53.2% (2018-06-08 → 2020-07-13), recovered after 1,048 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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