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Finnair Oyj backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Finnair Oyj. 10 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 9.9%, MDD -38.9%).

Data 2000-01-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,745 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXHEXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.6%, drawdown -95.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.9%, MDD -38.9%, Sharpe 0.71, 18% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -46.5%, exposure 44%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 13.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 56.1%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -38.9%, exposure 18%).

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=109, exitN=11
9.9%-38.9%0.710.2512.2x5618%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=109
10.8%-46.5%0.550.2315.1x5144%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=2.8
7.0%-48.9%0.460.146.1x7223%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.3
8.2%-44.6%0.460.188.2x10825%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=64
7.8%-60.6%0.440.137.4x5744%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=24
4.8%-51.5%0.440.093.5x3712%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.3
5.3%-70.0%0.320.083.9x8844%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=-0.01
2.8%-74.6%0.230.042.1x22146%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
2.1%-82.2%0.210.031.7x21249%
MACD
fast=19, slow=41, signal=24
0.7%-86.0%0.170.011.2x24252%
Buy and hold-3.6%-95.0%0.11-0.040.4x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.9% (2019-03-15 → 2025-02-11), recovered after 2,646 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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