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DroneShield Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DroneShield Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 35.7%, MDD -54.1%).

Data 2016-06-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,560 (10.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.6%, drawdown -82.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 35.7%, MDD -54.1%, Sharpe 0.86, 21% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 40.7%, MDD -63.2%, exposure 58%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 17.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.5%p (CAGR 35.7%, MDD -54.1%, exposure 21%).

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=113, exitN=20
35.7%-54.1%0.860.6621.9x1821%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=23
35.5%-66.7%0.840.5321.5x2225%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.8
40.7%-63.2%0.820.6431.4x2858%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=68, k=2.4
35.5%-62.1%0.810.5721.5x2431%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=97
35.3%-74.0%0.780.4821.2x2646%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
30.3%-76.6%0.710.4014.5x10444%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=50
28.9%-77.0%0.700.3813.0x2846%
MACD
fast=16, slow=58, signal=31
29.8%-62.7%0.700.4814.0x7646%
ROC 모멘텀
n=79, threshold=0.19
28.4%-70.0%0.700.4112.5x7234%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.2
26.0%-63.0%0.680.4110.3x4433%
Buy and hold18.6%-82.6%0.620.235.6x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -54.1% (2019-08-12 → 2022-03-27), recovered after 1,640 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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