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Inter Cars S.A. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Inter Cars S.A.. 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 21.0%, MDD -45.8%).

Data 2004-06-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,701 (22.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue GPWMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.3%, drawdown -89.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 21.0%, MDD -45.8%, Sharpe 0.80, 74% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.2%p (CAGR 21.0%, MDD -45.8%, exposure 74%).

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=29, exitN=77
21.0%-45.8%0.800.4668.8x3774%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.9
12.7%-45.8%0.790.2814.2x4322%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.8
17.2%-54.3%0.760.3234.2x8352%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=66
16.1%-51.8%0.720.3127.6x9554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=56
16.2%-58.5%0.710.2828.4x8357%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3.1
8.6%-32.8%0.680.266.3x6214%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=20
9.0%-32.2%0.630.286.8x5716%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
11.9%-50.2%0.570.2412.3x28453%
ROC 모멘텀
n=70, threshold=-0.04
9.7%-78.0%0.470.127.8x27768%
MACD
fast=16, slow=27, signal=14
2.3%-67.7%0.210.031.7x34849%
Buy and hold18.3%-89.0%0.640.2141.8x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -45.8% (2016-08-09 → 2020-03-11), recovered after 1,746 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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