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BSE Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BSE Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 48.6%, MDD -36.5%).

Data 2017-02-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,368 (9.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 41.4%, drawdown -75.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 55.6%, MDD -39.4%, Sharpe 1.39, 69% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 14.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.6%p (CAGR 48.6%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 46%).

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=33
55.6%-39.4%1.391.4169.0x3669%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=149
54.9%-45.2%1.371.2266.1x354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=217
54.8%-45.2%1.371.2165.6x354%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=3.7
47.5%-44.4%1.371.0741.3x4052%
MACD
fast=27, slow=45, signal=34
41.3%-38.5%1.321.0727.3x5448%
ROC 모멘텀
n=130, threshold=0.13
48.6%-36.5%1.311.3344.2x3546%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=36, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.1
37.1%-38.0%1.220.9820.5x4437%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=1.1
36.6%-39.0%1.180.9419.8x11242%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=11
36.8%-48.5%1.110.7620.1x11055%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
35.0%-53.3%1.100.6617.6x12048%
Buy and hold41.4%-75.0%1.050.5527.5x1100%
1x 10x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.4% (2017-06-05 → 2020-04-13), recovered after 1,186 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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