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Billerud AB backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Billerud AB. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 1.6%, MDD -14.3%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,743 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXSTOMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.3%, drawdown -95.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -56.4%, Sharpe 0.37, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.0%p (CAGR 1.6%, MDD -14.3%, exposure 2%).

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
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.8
6.0%-56.4%0.370.114.7x8355%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=16
5.0%-70.1%0.320.073.7x18757%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.4
3.6%-55.0%0.300.062.5x11126%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.3
1.6%-14.3%0.260.111.5x102%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=25
1.0%-35.5%0.150.031.3x5410%
ROC 모멘텀
n=32, threshold=-0.03
-0.0%-77.8%0.13-0.001.0x44765%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=189
-2.8%-89.6%0.10-0.030.5x4053%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=140
-3.6%-85.9%0.06-0.040.4x4853%
MACD
fast=19, slow=44, signal=24
-1.3%-81.3%0.06-0.020.7x26951%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-6.4%-91.8%-0.03-0.070.2x20350%
Buy and hold-0.3%-95.5%0.23-0.000.9x1100%
0.1 1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -95% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -56.4% (2016-10-20 → 2026-01-30), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above 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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