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SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.. 1 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 11.1%, MDD -30.8%).

Data 2017-10-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,205 (8.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -46.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.1%, MDD -30.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 80% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.1%p (CAGR 11.1%, MDD -30.8%, exposure 80%).

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=8, exitN=36
11.1%-30.8%0.600.362.5x3180%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=83
8.9%-21.1%0.560.422.1x2062%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.7
8.9%-24.9%0.540.362.1x1767%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=82
8.2%-27.8%0.520.302.0x3259%
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=0.01
5.8%-29.8%0.410.191.7x7259%
MACD
fast=17, slow=52, signal=16
3.4%-30.9%0.280.111.3x8448%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=1.8
2.4%-23.7%0.240.101.2x5040%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.6
1.5%-24.3%0.170.061.1x5245%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=16
0.1%-31.3%0.080.001.0x6833%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-1.2%-34.8%0.03-0.040.9x7861%
Buy and hold10.6%-46.8%0.520.232.4x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -47% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.8% (2018-04-25 → 2019-02-26), recovered after 470 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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