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Hong Leong Asia Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Hong Leong Asia Ltd.. 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 15.4%, MDD -40.1%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,730 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.5%, drawdown -92.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 18.7%, MDD -50.8%, Sharpe 0.82, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 14.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.6%p (CAGR 15.4%, MDD -40.1%, exposure 28%).

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=75, exitN=42
18.7%-50.8%0.820.3795.1x4036%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=0.08
18.7%-59.9%0.800.3194.3x9438%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=1.8
15.5%-47.1%0.740.3346.4x10028%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.9
15.4%-40.1%0.730.3844.9x8028%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.1
17.4%-55.1%0.720.3271.7x39547%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=147
16.2%-62.9%0.710.2654.3x3841%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=167
16.3%-73.3%0.710.2254.8x4842%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=14
14.0%-65.6%0.660.2132.6x14835%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.5
12.1%-67.0%0.570.1820.9x10040%
MACD
fast=12, slow=31, signal=10
9.6%-75.9%0.470.1311.3x44149%
Buy and hold4.5%-92.4%0.300.053.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 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% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.8% (2010-04-15 → 2019-09-03), recovered after 5,439 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 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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