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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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ExlService Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ExlService Holdings, Inc.. 0 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 12.1%, MDD -42.5%).

Data 2006-10-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,995 (19.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.3%, drawdown -80.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.1%, MDD -42.5%, Sharpe 0.59, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.5%p (CAGR 12.1%, MDD -42.5%, exposure 59%).

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=102, exitN=77
12.1%-42.5%0.590.289.6x1959%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=214
8.1%-47.3%0.420.174.7x2465%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.03
6.4%-57.1%0.370.113.5x16168%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=173
5.5%-51.1%0.330.112.9x3967%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.9
5.0%-64.0%0.320.082.6x5557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=21
1.2%-31.7%0.170.041.3x329%
MACD
fast=16, slow=41, signal=18
1.1%-57.2%0.170.021.2x22951%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=73, atrPeriod=15, mult=3
-1.2%-48.2%0.02-0.020.8x6735%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=1.8
-2.2%-68.8%-0.01-0.030.6x11539%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.12
-5.3%-84.7%-0.07-0.060.3x57957%
Buy and hold12.3%-80.9%0.490.1510.1x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -61% -81% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.5% (2007-11-08 → 2009-05-13), recovered after 698 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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