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APA Group backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of APA Group. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2000-06-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,647 (26.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.8%, drawdown -49.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -57.4%, Sharpe 0.30, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
n=55, threshold=-0.15
4.4%-57.4%0.300.083.1x5397%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=203
2.9%-45.7%0.240.062.1x7762%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=202
2.0%-40.5%0.200.051.7x6957%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=103, exitN=54
1.4%-45.2%0.160.031.4x4146%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=67, k=3.3
0.6%-23.8%0.140.031.2x127%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4
0.3%-52.7%0.100.011.1x9455%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=16
0.5%-38.2%0.100.011.1x11025%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=82, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.4
0.4%-38.2%0.100.011.1x6029%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-3.4%-70.3%-0.11-0.050.4x21654%
MACD
fast=27, slow=43, signal=17
-4.5%-77.6%-0.20-0.060.3x28648%
Buy and hold6.8%-49.5%0.390.145.5x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -29% -43% -57% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -57.4% (2019-10-27 → 2025-02-19), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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