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North Pacific Bank, Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of North Pacific Bank, 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 13.2%, MDD -54.2%).

Data 2012-10-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,401 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -71.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.2%, MDD -54.2%, Sharpe 0.55, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.5%p (CAGR 13.2%, MDD -54.2%, exposure 85%).

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=9, exitN=65
13.2%-54.2%0.550.245.6x4785%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=168
11.5%-53.1%0.550.224.5x2157%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
10.3%-57.7%0.500.183.9x4760%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=97
8.2%-60.5%0.430.143.0x2960%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.02
7.7%-61.1%0.410.132.8x8162%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=11
2.9%-49.2%0.240.061.5x16043%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.5
2.1%-23.0%0.230.091.3x1611%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.9
2.0%-41.4%0.200.051.3x3121%
MACD
fast=12, slow=36, signal=10
0.3%-70.3%0.130.001.0x23250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.16
-0.7%-63.7%0.10-0.010.9x40552%
Buy and hold12.5%-71.6%0.520.175.1x1100%
1x 2013 2015 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% -18% -36% -54% -72% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -54.2% (2016-12-16 → 2020-04-03), recovered after 2,707 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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