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KEI Industries Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of KEI Industries Limited. 5 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 36.7%, MDD -61.1%).

Data 2006-03-23 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,046 (20.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.6%, drawdown -95.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 36.7%, MDD -61.1%, Sharpe 0.95, 78% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 13.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.5%p (CAGR 36.7%, MDD -61.1%, exposure 78%).

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=32, exitN=79
36.7%-61.1%0.950.60597.4x2578%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=72, slow=89
33.8%-67.8%0.950.50384.1x6365%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=82
31.2%-66.1%0.890.47255.7x3367%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=0
27.7%-64.6%0.830.43147.1x12966%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=5
26.8%-66.0%0.810.41128.8x4365%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=7
22.7%-58.5%0.720.3965.8x20764%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=60, atrPeriod=11, mult=0.9
16.1%-70.2%0.590.2321.1x16356%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=0.5
14.4%-69.0%0.550.2115.7x22355%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.3
12.9%-81.9%0.510.1611.9x53250%
MACD
fast=7, slow=14, signal=13
9.7%-69.1%0.440.146.6x46449%
Buy and hold23.6%-95.6%0.670.2576.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.1% (2010-01-18 → 2013-11-13), recovered after 1,555 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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