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Bank of East Asia Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bank of East Asia Ltd.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -8.7%).

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

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.6%, drawdown -85.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 2.6%, MDD -54.8%, Sharpe 0.23, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.0%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -8.7%, exposure 1%).

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=12, mult=3.6
2.6%-54.8%0.230.052.0x11349%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.21
1.9%-42.0%0.220.041.6x7212%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=77, slow=207
2.3%-61.8%0.220.041.8x3549%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=31
0.5%-8.7%0.190.061.1x21%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=30, exitN=58
1.1%-72.1%0.150.011.3x7364%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=108
1.1%-67.9%0.150.021.3x8749%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.7
-0.3%-65.9%0.06-0.000.9x10331%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.3
-0.2%-67.3%0.06-0.000.9x9927%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.26
-1.8%-71.2%0.00-0.030.6x33950%
MACD
fast=12, slow=53, signal=6
-5.0%-89.3%-0.17-0.060.3x51951%
Buy and hold-0.6%-85.8%0.13-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -54.8% (2009-11-26 → 2022-01-11), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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