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Cochlear Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cochlear Limited. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.2%, MDD -47.6%).

Data 1995-12-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,807 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.9%, drawdown -74.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.2%, MDD -47.6%, Sharpe 0.68, 67% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -52.3%, exposure 67%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.7%p (CAGR 13.2%, MDD -47.6%, exposure 67%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=138
13.2%-47.6%0.680.2844.7x7067%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=92, exitN=73
12.3%-49.8%0.680.2534.8x3859%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=162
13.3%-52.3%0.670.2546.1x7067%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=63, threshold=26
6.5%-13.8%0.660.476.8x814%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.01
11.2%-57.7%0.580.1925.9x20269%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=99, atrPeriod=23, mult=4
7.0%-47.0%0.480.157.9x7244%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.6
7.4%-55.7%0.430.138.8x12162%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3.5
1.3%-16.4%0.240.081.5x246%
MACD
fast=15, slow=56, signal=17
0.3%-60.2%0.120.001.1x34151%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
-0.5%-86.0%0.08-0.010.8x50559%
Buy and hold12.9%-74.3%0.550.1741.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 SMA 크로스오버EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -37% -56% -74% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -47.6% (2018-09-04 → 2023-01-23), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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