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Borse Commodities GmbH Xetra-Gold backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Borse Commodities GmbH Xetra-Gold. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -24.4%).

Data 2009-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,240 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.7%, drawdown -36.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.5%, MDD -23.4%, Sharpe 0.70, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.4%, MDD -24.4%, exposure 91%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.4%p (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -24.4%, exposure 91%).

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=86, exitN=70
8.5%-23.4%0.700.363.9x2062%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=-0.1
9.4%-24.4%0.690.384.5x2091%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=83
8.0%-17.5%0.660.463.6x4066%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=151
7.8%-21.9%0.650.363.5x3066%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.9
4.5%-22.7%0.430.202.1x6256%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.1
1.4%-13.1%0.390.111.3x205%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=23, mult=4
3.2%-19.6%0.380.161.7x4424%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=29
1.1%-15.7%0.200.071.2x289%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
1.2%-40.0%0.160.031.2x13451%
MACD
fast=18, slow=43, signal=14
0.4%-39.5%0.100.011.1x20950%
Buy and hold9.7%-36.8%0.670.264.7x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -18% -28% -37% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -23.4% (2016-07-06 → 2018-11-14), recovered after 1,147 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 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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