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Navios Maritime Partners LP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Navios Maritime Partners LP. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 8.2%, MDD -23.8%).

Data 2007-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,707 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.6%, drawdown -98.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 13.8%, MDD -66.5%, Sharpe 0.58, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 20.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.2%p (CAGR 8.2%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 5%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=0.09
13.8%-66.5%0.580.2111.2x14939%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=30
8.2%-23.8%0.580.344.3x105%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=97
12.6%-62.1%0.530.209.2x2950%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.3
9.1%-42.5%0.530.215.1x1612%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=94, exitN=66
11.9%-59.9%0.530.208.2x2144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=175
11.8%-62.1%0.510.198.1x4350%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
7.5%-47.1%0.470.163.8x2614%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3
8.7%-67.4%0.410.134.8x10351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
2.6%-88.4%0.250.031.6x23949%
MACD
fast=19, slow=73, signal=18
1.9%-93.3%0.240.021.4x17952%
Buy and hold-6.6%-98.7%0.15-0.070.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -66.5% (2010-04-26 → 2016-12-30), recovered after 3,971 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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