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Golden Agri-Resources Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.7%, MDD -35.1%).

Data 2007-09-11 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,764 (19.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.7%, drawdown -87.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -85.9%, Sharpe 0.17, 77% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 0.9%, MDD -63.3%, exposure 46%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 2.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 1.9%p (CAGR -0.7%, MDD -35.1%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=70
-0.1%-85.9%0.17-0.001.0x6977%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=135
0.9%-63.3%0.160.011.2x4446%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.5
-1.0%-73.1%0.10-0.010.8x7952%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=103
-1.1%-68.3%0.09-0.020.8x4346%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.24
-0.7%-57.2%0.05-0.010.9x8210%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.5
-0.5%-42.5%0.04-0.010.9x209%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.16
-4.1%-82.2%-0.01-0.050.4x37948%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=30
-0.7%-35.1%-0.04-0.020.9x82%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.7
-2.2%-51.6%-0.08-0.040.7x269%
MACD
fast=11, slow=33, signal=19
-6.4%-88.2%-0.10-0.070.3x28350%
Buy and hold-2.7%-87.8%0.13-0.030.6x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -85.9% (2011-01-03 → 2020-11-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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