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Plaza SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Plaza SA. 4 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 20.0%, MDD -23.4%).

Data 2018-07-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,991 (8.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BCSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.7%, drawdown -64.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.0%, MDD -23.4%, Sharpe 1.00, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.5%p (CAGR 20.0%, MDD -23.4%, exposure 53%).

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=98, exitN=37
20.0%-23.4%1.000.864.3x853%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=190
19.5%-38.0%0.890.514.2x759%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.1
11.0%-13.8%0.830.802.3x1422%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.8
18.7%-33.1%0.810.574.0x1470%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=68, slow=172
17.0%-37.9%0.800.453.5x558%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.5
11.3%-16.0%0.780.712.4x1622%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=-0.04
12.3%-58.4%0.610.212.5x5567%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=29
8.1%-24.2%0.590.331.9x3624%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
7.5%-33.9%0.420.221.8x6157%
MACD
fast=19, slow=99, signal=18
7.3%-42.9%0.420.171.8x6550%
Buy and hold13.7%-64.9%0.550.212.8x1100%
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% -16% -32% -49% -65% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -23.4% (2022-09-02 → 2022-10-17), recovered after 117 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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