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Zealand Pharma A/S backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Zealand Pharma A/S. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -51.5%).

Data 2010-11-23 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 3,915 (15.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXCOPMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.4%, drawdown -75.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.1%, MDD -55.3%, Sharpe 0.62, 38% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 7.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.2%p (CAGR 16.0%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 50%).

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=96, exitN=64
16.1%-55.3%0.620.2910.4x1638%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=192
16.0%-51.5%0.600.3110.3x2450%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=97, slow=119
14.2%-66.1%0.560.218.0x1849%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
12.5%-58.9%0.510.216.4x4454%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=0.08
11.4%-53.3%0.490.215.4x10843%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.2
6.6%-58.9%0.370.112.7x5632%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.9
4.8%-70.2%0.310.072.1x5432%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=12
2.6%-83.3%0.230.031.5x11639%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
-2.8%-80.0%0.08-0.030.6x18351%
MACD
fast=15, slow=46, signal=6
-3.6%-63.6%0.04-0.060.6x28550%
Buy and hold8.4%-75.5%0.410.113.5x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.3% (2020-02-14 → 2021-11-15), recovered after 1,186 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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