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United Overseas Bank Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of United Overseas Bank Limited. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -34.7%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,750 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.8%, drawdown -65.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.2%, MDD -42.9%, Sharpe 0.32, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.0%p (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -34.7%, exposure 61%).

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=121, threshold=-0.08
4.2%-42.9%0.320.103.0x11781%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=65, slow=196
3.8%-34.7%0.320.112.7x3761%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=68
3.5%-42.9%0.300.082.5x5562%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=259
2.7%-36.0%0.250.072.0x3766%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=51, threshold=23
0.6%-7.9%0.210.081.2x42%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=3.3
0.7%-17.4%0.170.041.2x224%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.5
0.1%-53.5%0.090.001.0x11253%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.2
0.2%-38.1%0.080.011.1x13636%
MACD
fast=18, slow=49, signal=13
-1.2%-60.8%0.00-0.020.7x34250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.28
-2.6%-67.7%-0.08-0.040.5x52553%
Buy and hold3.8%-65.8%0.270.062.7x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -66% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -42.9% (2001-02-26 → 2001-10-30), recovered after 2,067 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 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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