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Pharma Mar SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pharma Mar SA. 10 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 5.6%, MDD -45.6%).

Data 2000-09-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,645 (25.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BMEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.7%, drawdown -96.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -59.0%, Sharpe 0.41, 26% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 11.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.4%p (CAGR 5.6%, MDD -45.6%, exposure 13%).

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=8, mult=1.9
7.9%-59.0%0.410.137.1x14826%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=95, exitN=7
5.6%-45.6%0.370.124.1x6613%
MACD
fast=17, slow=38, signal=19
6.5%-77.1%0.350.085.1x26151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=2.4
5.4%-72.2%0.330.083.9x14026%
Supertrend
period=36, mult=2.2
4.5%-83.2%0.300.053.1x23945%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=288
2.7%-80.1%0.240.032.0x4041%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=181
2.3%-75.2%0.230.031.8x3640%
ROC 모멘텀
n=25, threshold=0.08
1.1%-69.4%0.170.021.3x37526%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
-2.8%-93.1%0.09-0.030.5x39247%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=11
-2.5%-90.8%0.09-0.030.5x46548%
Buy and hold-3.7%-96.4%0.17-0.040.4x1100%
0.1 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% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -59.0% (2003-06-20 → 2013-04-22), recovered after 6,030 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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