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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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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 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,644 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.2%, drawdown -85.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.0%, MDD -54.8%, Sharpe 0.25, 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
3.0%-54.8%0.250.052.2x11349%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=77, slow=207
2.7%-61.8%0.240.042.0x3549%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.21
1.9%-42.0%0.220.051.7x7312%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=31
0.5%-8.7%0.190.061.1x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=108
1.5%-67.9%0.170.021.5x8749%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=30, exitN=58
1.4%-72.1%0.170.021.5x7364%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.7
0.1%-65.9%0.090.001.0x10331%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.3
0.1%-67.3%0.080.001.0x9927%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.26
-1.6%-71.2%0.01-0.020.6x34150%
MACD
fast=12, slow=53, signal=6
-4.8%-89.3%-0.16-0.050.3x52151%
Buy and hold-0.2%-85.8%0.14-0.001.0x1100%
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 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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