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Affle 3i Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Affle 3i Limited. 1 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 38.7%, MDD -39.5%).

Data 2019-08-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,749 (7.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 36.7%, drawdown -58.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 38.7%, MDD -39.5%, Sharpe 1.09, 78% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.8%p (CAGR 38.7%, MDD -39.5%, exposure 78%).

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=11, exitN=48
38.7%-39.5%1.090.9810.1x2378%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.8
35.8%-41.1%1.080.878.7x1764%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.1
28.4%-29.0%1.040.985.9x6637%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.1
25.1%-26.7%0.970.944.9x6633%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=87
27.9%-39.3%0.950.715.7x2558%
MACD
fast=16, slow=39, signal=22
26.0%-36.3%0.950.725.1x6649%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=43
26.0%-48.0%0.870.545.1x2361%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=0.03
22.9%-36.6%0.820.634.3x8350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.22
20.5%-49.1%0.780.423.7x18051%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=31
15.3%-23.4%0.740.652.7x4822%
Buy and hold36.7%-58.3%0.980.639.1x1100%
1x 10x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -58% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.5% (2024-12-16 → 2025-04-09), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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