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Metcash Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Metcash Limited. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.7%, MDD -19.6%).

Data 1994-06-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,053 (32.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.8%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -45.4%, Sharpe 0.45, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.0%p (CAGR 3.7%, MDD -19.6%, exposure 8%).

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=93, exitN=65
7.5%-45.4%0.450.1610.1x4244%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=169
6.5%-68.2%0.390.107.6x4452%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=117
5.6%-50.3%0.360.115.8x4651%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=48
3.7%-19.6%0.340.193.2x248%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3.5
3.1%-32.4%0.290.102.7x3812%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.9
3.2%-70.9%0.250.052.8x8752%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.9
2.7%-55.8%0.230.052.4x9624%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=0.11
2.0%-61.4%0.200.031.9x23031%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-1.3%-86.6%0.06-0.020.7x21252%
MACD
fast=22, slow=55, signal=34
-1.9%-90.2%0.05-0.020.5x23552%
Buy and hold2.8%-83.4%0.260.032.4x1100%
1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -45.4% (2007-04-26 → 2015-11-01), recovered after 3,337 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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