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Laurus Labs Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Laurus Labs Ltd.. 2 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 43.2%, MDD -28.4%).

Data 2016-12-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,380 (9.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 35.7%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 43.2%, MDD -28.4%, Sharpe 1.47, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.7%p (CAGR 43.2%, MDD -28.4%, exposure 49%).

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=116, exitN=62
43.2%-28.4%1.471.5231.4x349%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=175
43.1%-40.7%1.411.0631.4x956%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0.1
32.6%-27.6%1.271.1815.0x7144%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=185
35.7%-48.6%1.260.7318.8x1555%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=2.8
20.8%-27.3%1.220.766.1x2918%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=16
21.6%-22.7%1.190.956.5x2922%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=4.8
28.4%-34.7%1.110.8211.0x2555%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.3
18.1%-31.5%1.060.585.0x3721%
MACD
fast=13, slow=97, signal=14
19.9%-53.4%0.880.375.7x10551%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.26
19.6%-42.4%0.850.465.6x21752%
Buy and hold35.7%-59.1%1.070.6018.8x1100%
1x 10x 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% -15% -30% -44% -59% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.4% (2020-02-13 → 2020-03-24), recovered after 68 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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