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Walk-Forward Validation of FX Trend-Following Strategies: Limited Tradeability Across Major Currency Pairs

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Summary

This EPAT project tests whether trend-following strategies (time-series momentum, moving-average crossover, and channel breakout) that have shown success in futures markets can transfer to spot FX. The study backtests these three approaches across seven major currency pairs from 2003 to 2025 using 23 rolling walk-forward windows (3-year train, 1-year test), with parameters selected for neighbourhood stability rather than peak historical Sharpe ratio. The verdict indicates limited tradeability — only 2 of 7 pairs (USDJPY and one other) showed meaningful results.

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The verdict is limited tradeability.
Three approaches (time-series momentum, moving-average crossover, and channel breakout) were backtested across the seven major currency pairs from 2003 to 2025.
Parameters chosen for neighbourhood stability rather than peak historical Sharpe ratio.
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An EPAT project walk-forward tests time-series momentum, MA crossover, and breakout strategies across seven FX pairs from 2003 to 2025, finding limited but real tradeability.

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