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Does ATR Low Volatility help OBV-MACD?

Forex ยท 30 backtest runs ยท As of 6 Jul 2026 ยท Methodology

NeutralDSR โœ— not confirmed

No material CAGR effect (ยฑ1pp vs. baseline). Filter may still reduce drawdown.

CAGR Comparison

Baseline CAGR
0.3%
no filter
Filtered CAGR
0.2%
ATR Low Volatility
ฮ” CAGR
-0.15%
Sample
30
runs
Baseline Net CAGR
0.0%
after costs
Filtered Net CAGR
0.0%
after costs

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Baseline Sharpe
0.108
median
Filtered Sharpe
0.030
ฮ” Sharpe
-0.08
DSR
0.2%
not confirmed

How does this filter work?

Signals only in low ATR regime

DSR Methodology

DSR = PSR(SRฬ‚โ‚€) per Bailey & Lรณpez de Prado (2014). SRฬ‚โ‚€ = 0.4409 (expected best Sharpe from 7 random filter trials).

Testing multiple filters on the same data increases the chance of finding a good result by luck. DSR measures whether this result clears the multiple-testing threshold. Pass threshold: DSR โ‰ฅ 90%. Current: 0.2%.

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