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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 17.2%, MDD -39.8%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 6,771 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.3%, drawdown -92.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 19.5%, MDD -48.9%, Sharpe 0.86, 32% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.5%p (CAGR 17.2%, MDD -39.8%, exposure 29%).

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=89, exitN=47
19.5%-48.9%0.860.40118.1x3232%
ROC 모멘텀
n=134, threshold=0.08
19.4%-55.3%0.830.35114.7x11637%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=36, mult=2.3
17.2%-39.8%0.790.4370.1x10229%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.7
15.8%-42.6%0.750.3751.0x9228%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=172
16.5%-74.0%0.720.2259.7x4642%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=161
15.7%-70.1%0.690.2249.4x4242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.38
16.1%-55.5%0.680.2954.0x45047%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=26
12.8%-51.2%0.660.2524.9x13423%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
11.9%-63.6%0.560.1920.3x8743%
MACD
fast=13, slow=26, signal=15
9.5%-71.4%0.460.1311.4x38049%
Buy and hold4.3%-92.4%0.300.053.1x1100%
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 -48.9% (2017-02-23 → 2020-01-29), recovered after 1,526 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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