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Netwealth Group Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Netwealth Group Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 16.6%, MDD -32.6%).

Data 2017-11-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,200 (8.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.4%, drawdown -47.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.8%, MDD -24.4%, Sharpe 0.84, 19% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -32.6%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 5.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.9%p (CAGR 16.6%, MDD -32.6%, exposure 51%).

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=113, exitN=9
11.8%-24.4%0.840.482.6x2219%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=65, slow=87
16.6%-32.6%0.700.513.8x3051%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.6
7.5%-29.8%0.590.251.9x1417%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=2.8
6.7%-24.1%0.570.281.8x811%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=277
9.4%-34.6%0.450.272.2x1059%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=2.5
8.8%-59.9%0.440.152.1x7256%
ROC 모멘텀
n=53, threshold=0.14
6.1%-43.5%0.410.141.7x10425%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=20
2.1%-29.4%0.210.071.2x3817%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
-1.6%-78.5%0.08-0.020.9x11854%
MACD
fast=11, slow=32, signal=12
-4.2%-65.6%-0.03-0.060.7x14648%
Buy and hold17.4%-47.3%0.590.374.0x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -35% -47% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -24.4% (2020-10-21 → 2023-07-14), recovered after 1,233 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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