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Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.. 2 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 16.3%, MDD -39.6%).

Data 2002-08-12 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,227 (24.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.8%, drawdown -69.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.3%, MDD -39.6%, Sharpe 0.85, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.9%p (CAGR 16.3%, MDD -39.6%, exposure 58%).

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=77, exitN=92
16.3%-39.6%0.850.4137.8x2358%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=153
16.2%-45.4%0.850.3637.1x3157%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=14
12.6%-30.6%0.820.4117.3x7629%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=70, k=3
9.4%-25.4%0.760.378.6x2218%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=0.04
13.6%-47.6%0.760.2921.4x13752%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=138
13.7%-39.3%0.730.3522.0x3161%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=98, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.6
11.0%-43.4%0.700.2512.2x4037%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.4
10.9%-47.7%0.600.2312.1x6556%
MACD
fast=18, slow=49, signal=36
0.0%-89.8%0.120.001.0x19148%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
-2.2%-88.0%0.01-0.030.6x37553%
Buy and hold14.8%-69.5%0.630.2127.8x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.6% (2018-09-04 → 2020-09-10), recovered after 932 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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