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Keppel Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Keppel Ltd.. 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 4.2%, MDD -20.2%).

Data 2007-05-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,836 (19.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.5%, drawdown -75.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -22.5%, Sharpe 0.50, 30% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -35.3%, exposure 54%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 2.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 52.8%p (CAGR 4.2%, MDD -20.2%, exposure 14%).

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=29
5.5%-22.5%0.500.242.8x3430%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.3
7.3%-35.3%0.500.213.9x7954%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3.1
4.2%-20.2%0.450.212.2x3014%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=14, mult=4
5.0%-23.7%0.450.212.6x4627%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=42, threshold=25
2.3%-10.6%0.420.221.6x87%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=79
5.1%-59.2%0.380.092.6x6955%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=45
4.6%-52.7%0.350.092.4x11156%
ROC 모멘텀
n=31, threshold=-0.03
4.8%-44.8%0.340.112.5x25770%
MACD
fast=22, slow=46, signal=20
2.9%-49.5%0.250.061.7x17749%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
1.2%-61.0%0.160.021.3x30354%
Buy and hold3.5%-75.3%0.260.051.9x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -38% -56% -75% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -22.5% (2018-01-29 → 2020-02-04), recovered after 1,963 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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