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Commonwealth Bank of Australia backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1991-09-30 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,938 (34.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.5%, drawdown -61.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -31.5%, Sharpe 0.52, 64% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=115, exitN=124
7.0%-31.5%0.520.2210.7x3164%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=29
3.7%-14.5%0.490.253.5x2615%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=205
5.2%-39.6%0.400.135.8x4764%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=108
4.9%-52.6%0.380.095.3x6066%
ROC 모멘텀
n=170, threshold=-0.02
4.5%-47.9%0.360.094.7x18271%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.6
3.4%-38.2%0.320.093.2x13848%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.4
2.1%-52.1%0.210.042.1x17258%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
1.8%-63.9%0.190.031.9x27657%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3.3
1.1%-28.7%0.180.041.4x3411%
MACD
fast=22, slow=40, signal=24
-1.4%-65.8%-0.03-0.020.6x35052%
Buy and hold9.5%-61.0%0.520.1623.4x1100%
1x 10x 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -46% -61% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -31.5% (2010-04-16 → 2012-05-25), recovered after 1,104 days.

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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