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Arab National Bank backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arab National Bank. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-03-03 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 4,036 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TADAWULMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.6%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 1.8%, MDD -64.2%, Sharpe 0.24, 76% exposure.

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
n=136, threshold=-0.1
1.8%-64.2%0.240.031.3x8576%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.8
1.5%-58.6%0.220.031.3x8550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.3
1.8%-57.8%0.220.031.3x327%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=217
1.6%-64.2%0.200.021.3x3455%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=77
-0.5%-73.3%0.19-0.010.9x4280%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=49
-1.1%-63.9%0.17-0.020.8x11353%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3.5
-0.2%-58.8%0.17-0.001.0x208%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=14
-1.5%-61.9%0.15-0.020.8x11827%
MACD
fast=14, slow=43, signal=30
-2.4%-73.6%0.14-0.030.7x16750%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.38
-6.2%-86.0%0.06-0.070.4x42349%
Buy and hold2.6%-76.6%0.260.031.5x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -77% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -64.2% (2011-01-06 → 2013-03-31), recovered after 4,116 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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