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Safilo Group S.p.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Safilo Group S.p.A.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -30.3%).

Data 2005-12-09 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 5,284 (20.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue MILMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.6%, drawdown -98.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.3%, MDD -52.5%, Sharpe 0.49, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 23.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 46.3%p (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -30.3%, exposure 11%).

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=85, exitN=65
10.3%-52.5%0.490.207.7x2137%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=25, mult=4
5.8%-30.3%0.420.193.2x2811%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=138
7.8%-51.2%0.400.154.7x3140%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=23
5.1%-40.1%0.390.132.8x2411%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=0.05
6.6%-52.1%0.360.133.8x16535%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=54
5.7%-72.0%0.330.083.2x5740%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.5
3.9%-58.3%0.280.072.2x5422%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.4
2.9%-82.4%0.250.041.8x9444%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.36
-8.1%-93.8%-0.10-0.090.2x43548%
MACD
fast=14, slow=44, signal=13
-12.8%-98.0%-0.23-0.130.1x28551%
Buy and hold-13.6%-98.8%-0.07-0.140.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 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% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -52.5% (2007-07-04 → 2010-05-26), recovered after 1,933 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 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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