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Laurus Labs Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Laurus Labs 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 43.5%, MDD -28.4%).

Data 2016-12-19 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,401 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 36.1%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 43.5%, MDD -28.4%, Sharpe 1.48, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.7%p (CAGR 43.5%, MDD -28.4%, exposure 50%).

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=116, exitN=62
43.5%-28.4%1.481.5333.2x350%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=175
43.5%-40.7%1.421.0733.2x956%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0.1
33.0%-27.6%1.281.1915.9x7144%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=185
36.1%-48.6%1.270.7419.8x1555%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=16
22.0%-22.7%1.210.976.9x2923%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=2.8
20.4%-27.3%1.200.756.1x3018%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=4.8
28.8%-34.7%1.120.8311.6x2555%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.3
18.6%-31.5%1.080.595.2x3721%
MACD
fast=13, slow=97, signal=14
19.5%-53.4%0.870.365.6x10751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.26
19.8%-42.4%0.860.475.8x21952%
Buy and hold36.1%-59.1%1.080.6119.8x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -44% -59% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.4% (2020-02-13 → 2020-03-24), recovered after 68 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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