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PT Indosat Tbk Class B backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PT Indosat Tbk Class B. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -31.8%).

Data 2004-03-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,519 (22.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue IDXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.5%, drawdown -87.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -76.8%, Sharpe 0.40, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.1%p (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -31.8%, exposure 4%).

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
Supertrend
period=5, mult=2.7
8.0%-76.8%0.400.105.5x16153%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=2.7
6.4%-53.0%0.400.124.0x9614%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
6.6%-69.8%0.360.104.2x15851%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.7
4.5%-31.8%0.360.142.7x224%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=26
4.5%-36.5%0.320.122.7x6213%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=75
4.6%-70.8%0.310.072.8x7781%
MACD
fast=16, slow=53, signal=20
4.1%-77.8%0.280.052.5x22946%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=44
1.7%-66.7%0.210.031.5x15750%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=116
-1.5%-78.6%0.09-0.020.7x5450%
ROC 모멘텀
n=150, threshold=0.12
-0.8%-62.6%0.09-0.010.8x18830%
Buy and hold3.5%-87.9%0.300.042.2x1100%
1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -76.8% (2004-11-24 → 2014-11-26), recovered after 5,612 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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