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Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -16.5%).

Data 1988-01-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,872 (38.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.6%, drawdown -75.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 10.7%, MDD -16.5%, Sharpe 0.78, 21% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.6%, MDD -60.8%, exposure 60%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 2.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 58.6%p (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -16.5%, exposure 21%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=37
10.7%-16.5%0.780.6550.6x2621%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=3.5
8.8%-24.2%0.690.3625.6x5420%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
8.8%-24.2%0.680.3625.7x6021%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=168
13.6%-60.8%0.660.22133.6x8660%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=126
13.4%-47.5%0.650.28128.2x6062%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.1
12.1%-51.2%0.610.2481.3x15357%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=78
11.7%-44.4%0.610.2671.0x6054%
ROC 모멘텀
n=47, threshold=-0.04
11.1%-64.8%0.540.1756.8x35371%
MACD
fast=30, slow=39, signal=27
8.0%-47.3%0.480.1719.7x27551%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
8.8%-74.6%0.470.1225.5x25760%
Buy and hold13.6%-75.2%0.570.18137.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -38% -56% -75% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -16.5% (1988-11-28 → 1989-10-19), recovered after 849 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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