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Castellum AB backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Castellum AB. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,743 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXSTOMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.8%, drawdown -58.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.1%, MDD -46.5%, Sharpe 0.42, 61% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=154, exitN=107
6.1%-46.5%0.420.134.9x1961%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=168
6.1%-47.1%0.400.134.8x3168%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=192
5.5%-49.6%0.370.114.2x3564%
ROC 모멘텀
n=199, threshold=-0.02
3.8%-63.2%0.290.062.7x14570%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.5
1.4%-25.1%0.260.051.4x146%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=3.2
2.7%-68.3%0.230.042.0x14766%
MACD
fast=20, slow=47, signal=24
2.6%-50.0%0.230.052.0x25353%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.6
0.1%-12.2%0.060.011.0x101%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
-2.4%-76.9%-0.01-0.030.5x47759%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=35
-0.6%-31.8%-0.10-0.020.9x424%
Buy and hold8.8%-58.9%0.430.159.3x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.5% (2020-02-19 → 2026-03-23), 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 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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