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FLSmidth & Co. A/S backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FLSmidth & Co. A/S. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,658 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXCOPMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.8%, drawdown -80.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -63.6%, Sharpe 0.47, 35% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.5%p (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 24%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.7
7.5%-63.6%0.470.126.9x17835%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.8
7.3%-45.0%0.460.166.5x13035%
MACD
fast=18, slow=45, signal=14
7.3%-67.6%0.400.116.5x30352%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=64, exitN=9
4.8%-42.8%0.380.113.5x11024%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.7
5.9%-74.1%0.360.084.6x13851%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=194
5.6%-71.2%0.340.084.3x4255%
ROC 모멘텀
n=101, threshold=0
4.6%-68.4%0.310.073.3x22656%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=153
4.5%-77.2%0.300.063.2x8051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.04
3.1%-67.7%0.250.052.3x24354%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=24
2.1%-34.6%0.240.061.7x6013%
Buy and hold3.8%-80.2%0.290.052.7x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.6% (2012-02-20 → 2022-09-02), recovered after 5,103 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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