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Global Ship Lease Inc New backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Global Ship Lease Inc New. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -61.3%).

Data 2008-08-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,517 (18.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.8%, drawdown -95.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 19.4%, MDD -72.3%, Sharpe 0.68, 54% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 20.4%, MDD -68.7%, exposure 60%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 21.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.3%p (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -61.3%, exposure 42%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=161
19.4%-72.3%0.680.2724.3x2554%
ROC 모멘텀
n=101, threshold=-0.04
20.4%-68.7%0.670.3028.1x12360%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=74
15.8%-68.5%0.590.2314.0x3153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.2
10.6%-61.3%0.460.176.1x9742%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=87, exitN=77
10.8%-77.6%0.460.146.3x2356%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=12
9.9%-75.4%0.450.135.5x9231%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1.2
8.5%-66.5%0.410.134.3x10139%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.9
6.4%-66.1%0.350.103.1x7945%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.18
5.9%-83.3%0.350.072.8x34549%
MACD
fast=10, slow=38, signal=7
0.9%-83.0%0.240.011.2x36151%
Buy and hold-1.8%-95.6%0.26-0.020.7x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -72.3% (2016-09-07 → 2019-09-03), recovered after 1,590 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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