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Alfen NV backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alfen NV. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -31.2%).

Data 2018-03-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,139 (8.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.5%, drawdown -93.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 21.5%, MDD -43.6%, Sharpe 0.71, 42% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 18.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.5%p (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -31.2%, exposure 20%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=193
21.5%-43.6%0.710.495.1x742%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=22
17.0%-37.4%0.710.453.7x3221%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.9
20.1%-58.7%0.690.344.6x2645%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=97
20.1%-56.8%0.660.354.6x2149%
ROC 모멘텀
n=37, threshold=0.13
13.2%-45.0%0.560.292.8x9428%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.1
12.2%-31.2%0.550.392.6x2820%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.5
11.2%-44.0%0.540.262.4x5021%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
12.4%-74.4%0.490.172.7x10048%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=8
10.3%-63.1%0.470.162.3x5028%
MACD
fast=12, slow=50, signal=13
9.4%-75.2%0.420.132.1x10453%
Buy and hold2.5%-93.0%0.330.031.2x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -43.6% (2021-09-16 → 2022-05-09), recovered after 1,709 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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