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L1 Long Short Fund Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of L1 Long Short Fund Ltd.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.0%, MDD -18.4%).

Data 2018-04-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,095 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -66.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -26.1%, Sharpe 0.80, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 6.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.4%p (CAGR 13.0%, MDD -18.4%, exposure 61%).

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=17, exitN=81
16.6%-26.1%0.800.643.6x1781%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=170
13.0%-18.4%0.770.712.7x1561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=84
12.7%-22.7%0.740.562.7x1363%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=-0.09
11.2%-26.8%0.630.422.4x3777%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
9.6%-24.8%0.610.392.1x6256%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=2.5
5.9%-27.4%0.540.211.6x2230%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=21
4.8%-12.7%0.510.371.5x1613%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.2
7.3%-37.1%0.490.201.8x4257%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=28, mult=2
3.7%-38.3%0.320.101.4x4240%
MACD
fast=12, slow=51, signal=18
3.4%-29.9%0.280.111.3x9049%
Buy and hold10.6%-66.5%0.510.162.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -26.1% (2022-03-24 → 2025-04-11), recovered after 1,295 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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