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Downer EDI Limited backtest

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

Data 1990-12-27 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 8,988 (35.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.3%, drawdown -69.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -84.9%, Sharpe 0.36, 77% 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=18, exitN=50
7.3%-84.9%0.360.0912.2x15277%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=105
4.3%-82.3%0.280.054.5x9057%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=160
4.0%-75.8%0.270.054.1x5859%
ROC 모멘텀
n=150, threshold=-0.04
3.4%-88.5%0.250.043.3x21664%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4
2.2%-79.7%0.220.032.2x17054%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.7
2.3%-67.2%0.210.032.3x8829%
MACD
fast=19, slow=44, signal=11
0.7%-72.0%0.160.011.3x44649%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.4
-0.6%-79.3%0.09-0.010.8x10431%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=37
0.1%-58.1%0.090.001.0x2410%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-2.4%-86.7%0.06-0.030.4x22054%
Buy and hold7.3%-69.5%0.370.1112.5x1100%
1x 10x 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -84.9% (1994-03-30 → 2001-03-30), recovered after 4,424 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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