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Navitas Petroleum LP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Navitas Petroleum LP. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 111.5%, MDD -47.3%).

Data 2017-10-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,784 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 134.3%, drawdown -79.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 29.3%, MDD -47.5%, Sharpe 1.12, 57% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 111.5%, MDD -47.3%, exposure 74%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 104.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.9%p (CAGR 111.5%, MDD -47.3%, exposure 74%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.34
29.3%-47.5%1.120.629.7x24057%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=68, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.8
21.4%-30.5%1.010.705.5x1742%
ROC 모멘텀
n=8, threshold=-0.06
29.4%-51.6%0.990.579.7x15185%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=23
26.4%-54.7%0.990.487.9x8364%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=10
23.9%-42.7%0.930.566.6x11167%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.2
20.3%-42.2%0.930.485.1x2549%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=3.4
19.1%-65.8%0.810.294.7x4565%
MACD
fast=14, slow=55, signal=18
17.9%-44.3%0.800.404.3x7852%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=96, exitN=13
14.3%-25.7%0.760.563.3x3040%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=40
111.5%-47.3%0.392.36742.5x3974%
Buy and hold134.3%-79.4%0.391.691835.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 EMA 크로스오버Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -79% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Parabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -47.5% (2020-04-07 → 2020-07-27), recovered after 307 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward price.

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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