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Geopark Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Geopark Ltd. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.7%, MDD -51.1%).

Data 2010-10-15 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,992 (15.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.4%, drawdown -84.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.1%, MDD -66.6%, Sharpe 0.32, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.4%p (CAGR 3.7%, MDD -51.1%, exposure 23%).

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=120, threshold=0.07
5.1%-66.6%0.320.082.2x13539%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=32
4.6%-67.1%0.310.072.1x7568%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.3
4.1%-75.0%0.290.051.9x9251%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=184
4.0%-72.3%0.280.051.9x2948%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=42, threshold=16
3.7%-51.1%0.280.071.8x5023%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=91
3.5%-66.3%0.270.051.7x4549%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.6
3.1%-54.8%0.250.061.6x10832%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.8
2.2%-53.8%0.210.041.4x3618%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
-2.4%-79.9%0.09-0.030.7x24149%
MACD
fast=19, slow=22, signal=9
-6.2%-81.8%-0.02-0.080.4x26551%
Buy and hold0.4%-84.0%0.260.001.1x1100%
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% -21% -42% -63% -84% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -66.6% (2021-03-11 → 2025-11-24), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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