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iFAST Corporation Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iFAST Corporation Ltd. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 20.5%, MDD -22.3%).

Data 2014-12-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,923 (11.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.7%, drawdown -64.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.5%, MDD -22.3%, Sharpe 1.10, 15% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 23.5%, MDD -31.0%, exposure 39%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.8%p (CAGR 20.5%, MDD -22.3%, exposure 15%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.4
20.5%-22.3%1.100.928.8x4815%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=63, exitN=40
23.5%-31.0%0.950.7611.7x2239%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=20
22.7%-37.8%0.930.6010.8x3033%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=3.4
11.7%-11.4%0.901.033.6x84%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4
23.1%-36.7%0.880.6311.2x5151%
ROC 모멘텀
n=69, threshold=0.09
20.5%-44.2%0.880.468.7x8631%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=70
20.9%-43.7%0.830.489.1x5148%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.14
19.5%-48.4%0.800.407.9x12048%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=98
19.7%-46.7%0.790.428.1x6848%
MACD
fast=24, slow=28, signal=16
16.5%-56.6%0.720.295.9x11248%
Buy and hold20.7%-64.1%0.710.329.0x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -22.3% (2021-02-02 → 2022-11-21), recovered after 671 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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