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Hansa Investment Company Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Hansa Investment Company Ltd. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -28.6%).

Data 1978-08-31 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 12,352 (48.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.6%, drawdown -63.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -28.6%, Sharpe 0.83, 37% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.5%, MDD -38.2%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.1%p (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -28.6%, exposure 37%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.3
10.4%-28.6%0.830.36114.7x18637%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=130
12.5%-38.2%0.810.33285.1x8962%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=118
12.3%-34.0%0.810.36263.5x11162%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=78, exitN=52
11.7%-30.3%0.800.39203.5x8154%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
11.0%-53.8%0.750.20150.4x28158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.4
8.8%-35.4%0.750.2557.5x19036%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=14
8.6%-27.8%0.670.3152.5x21943%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.4
9.6%-35.8%0.660.2782.2x24158%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=-0.01
8.3%-51.8%0.560.1645.5x20365%
MACD
fast=22, slow=57, signal=22
6.9%-53.1%0.550.1325.0x37650%
Buy and hold9.6%-63.7%0.530.1581.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1979 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 1979 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.6% (2000-09-13 → 2003-05-21), recovered after 1,499 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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