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KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2000-07-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,643 (26.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.9%, drawdown -59.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -61.9%, Sharpe 0.45, 100% 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 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.15
9.7%-61.9%0.450.1611.1x3100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
entryN=2, exitN=166
9.5%-55.8%0.440.1710.5x4998%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=58
5.6%-37.9%0.380.154.1x10950%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.8
5.0%-44.6%0.310.113.6x6458%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=210
4.4%-52.2%0.290.093.1x4170%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=84, k=3
2.5%-23.2%0.270.111.9x3221%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.7
1.8%-35.2%0.200.051.6x7627%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=28
1.0%-21.5%0.160.051.3x5812%
MACD
fast=21, slow=58, signal=18
-0.3%-74.9%0.08-0.000.9x23546%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-1.2%-78.7%0.05-0.020.7x18158%
Buy and hold9.9%-59.9%0.450.1711.7x1100%
1x 10x 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% -15% -31% -46% -62% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -61.9% (2008-06-12 → 2008-10-27), recovered after 1,406 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 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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