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NRW Holdings Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NRW Holdings Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -32.5%).

Data 2007-09-05 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,803 (19.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.2%, drawdown -98.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 25.4%, MDD -32.5%, Sharpe 0.80, 37% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 25.9%, MDD -50.9%, exposure 46%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 19.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 66.5%p (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -32.5%, exposure 37%).

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=57, exitN=19
25.4%-32.5%0.800.7874.0x5737%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.5
25.5%-46.7%0.770.5574.5x7941%
ROC 모멘텀
n=69, threshold=0.07
25.9%-50.9%0.760.5178.8x17546%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=68, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.2
23.2%-49.1%0.730.4752.3x6941%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=5
22.1%-71.9%0.680.3144.5x5154%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=47
21.4%-79.3%0.660.2739.7x9554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=174
20.0%-62.5%0.650.3231.6x1756%
MACD
fast=31, slow=61, signal=6
25.2%-80.2%0.580.3171.7x21352%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=11, threshold=16
20.9%-77.0%0.530.2736.6x36549%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
15.3%-69.7%0.450.2214.9x30952%
Buy and hold6.2%-98.9%0.390.063.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.5% (2016-10-03 → 2017-07-18), recovered after 315 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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