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Mercury NZ Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mercury NZ Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2013-05-13 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 3,312 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NZXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.0%, drawdown -32.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.2%, MDD -29.6%, Sharpe 0.34, 43% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.2%, MDD -35.2%, exposure 55%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=73, exitN=35
4.2%-29.6%0.340.141.7x2943%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=125
4.2%-35.2%0.320.121.7x2755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=80
3.5%-38.7%0.280.091.6x3560%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=16
2.0%-22.4%0.250.091.3x3614%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=0.22
1.1%-26.8%0.180.041.2x267%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=25, mult=4
0.9%-26.4%0.140.031.1x1815%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.4
0.7%-17.8%0.130.041.1x126%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.9
0.7%-50.0%0.130.011.1x2956%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-3.1%-46.8%-0.09-0.070.7x10553%
MACD
fast=17, slow=24, signal=19
-9.6%-79.2%-0.47-0.120.3x20851%
Buy and hold8.0%-32.4%0.430.252.8x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -18% -26% -35% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -29.6% (2015-01-27 → 2017-02-16), recovered after 1,612 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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