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Digital Network S.A backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Digital Network S.A. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 24.7%, MDD -37.1%).

Data 2010-12-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,018 (15.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue GPWMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 20.6%, drawdown -87.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 29.9%, MDD -47.6%, Sharpe 0.99, 48% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 31.4%, MDD -43.6%, exposure 55%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 9.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.7%p (CAGR 24.7%, MDD -37.1%, exposure 40%).

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=52, exitN=25
29.9%-47.6%0.990.6360.9x3348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=63, slow=193
31.4%-43.6%0.940.7272.5x1755%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.4
27.6%-46.3%0.920.6045.9x4150%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.9
25.2%-57.1%0.900.4434.0x5344%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=176
29.0%-44.0%0.900.6654.3x1358%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.7
24.7%-37.1%0.890.6732.0x7040%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0.1
23.3%-43.4%0.800.5426.7x9746%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=46, threshold=4
18.0%-50.8%0.710.3513.4x12336%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.24
15.6%-61.6%0.600.259.7x22253%
MACD
fast=13, slow=24, signal=14
5.4%-86.2%0.320.062.3x26250%
Buy and hold20.6%-87.2%0.630.2418.9x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.6% (2018-06-11 → 2020-10-30), recovered after 998 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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