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LyondellBasell Industries NV backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of LyondellBasell Industries NV. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 12.3%, MDD -40.1%).

Data 2010-04-28 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,111 (16.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.8%, drawdown -71.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.3%, MDD -40.1%, Sharpe 0.62, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 5.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.2%p (CAGR 12.3%, MDD -40.1%, exposure 55%).

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=41, exitN=39
12.3%-40.1%0.620.316.7x3955%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=65
12.0%-46.4%0.610.266.4x5757%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.9
10.7%-52.1%0.550.215.3x4355%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=68
9.5%-45.4%0.520.214.4x4055%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=24
3.0%-10.8%0.520.281.6x106%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
5.9%-33.5%0.480.182.5x3026%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=60, k=1
6.6%-55.5%0.410.122.8x8748%
ROC 모멘텀
n=73, threshold=0.08
4.1%-41.0%0.310.101.9x16638%
MACD
fast=23, slow=30, signal=18
4.2%-59.1%0.290.072.0x17950%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-4.6%-81.6%-0.07-0.060.5x30854%
Buy and hold6.8%-71.3%0.370.102.9x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -40.1% (2022-05-27 → 2026-01-20), recovered after 1,403 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 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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