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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Kinaxis, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kinaxis, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2014-06-10 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,068 (12.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.8%, drawdown -48.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -35.8%, Sharpe 0.70, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -42.7%, exposure 60%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Supertrend
period=22, mult=3.6
16.6%-35.8%0.700.466.5x6362%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=95
16.6%-42.7%0.680.396.6x3560%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=83
15.8%-58.7%0.650.276.0x2563%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=50, exitN=66
14.8%-37.2%0.620.405.4x2367%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=72, k=1.2
11.3%-42.4%0.570.273.7x5349%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.2
10.4%-40.7%0.560.263.4x5741%
ROC 모멘텀
n=84, threshold=-0.05
12.6%-48.6%0.550.264.3x9369%
MACD
fast=23, slow=69, signal=19
7.1%-64.5%0.400.112.3x10749%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=15
5.9%-46.0%0.390.132.0x8836%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.14
2.3%-69.2%0.220.031.3x31554%
Buy and hold23.8%-48.2%0.760.4913.5x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -36% -48% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -35.8% (2020-08-06 → 2021-06-21), recovered after 2,125 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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