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Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Wharf (Holdings) Ltd.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -40.2%).

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,623 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -74.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.3%, MDD -48.4%, Sharpe 0.52, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 5.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.2%p (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -40.2%, exposure 51%).

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=8, mult=2.9
10.3%-48.4%0.520.2113.5x17652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
7.5%-40.2%0.420.196.8x21351%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=8
6.8%-50.5%0.390.135.8x54951%
MACD
fast=16, slow=29, signal=16
6.8%-50.5%0.390.145.8x33752%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=33, exitN=25
6.2%-43.7%0.370.144.9x10649%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=132
5.5%-60.3%0.340.094.2x6254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=3.1
2.9%-31.1%0.330.092.1x449%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.7
3.5%-40.8%0.290.082.5x6625%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=212
3.9%-55.4%0.280.072.8x3057%
ROC 모멘텀
n=84, threshold=0.01
2.4%-59.0%0.220.041.9x26451%
Buy and hold5.0%-74.6%0.320.073.7x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -48.4% (2007-11-01 → 2008-11-20), recovered after 550 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 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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