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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -38.1%).

Data 2006-03-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,052 (20.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.7%, drawdown -97.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.5%, MDD -52.5%, Sharpe 0.72, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 18.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.8%p (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -38.1%, exposure 18%).

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=25, mult=4.8
20.5%-52.5%0.720.3945.8x5344%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=71
17.5%-75.6%0.640.2327.0x7748%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.5
13.4%-38.6%0.600.3513.1x7029%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
15.7%-67.0%0.590.2319.8x15050%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=19
10.8%-38.1%0.590.288.2x4818%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=42
15.0%-69.5%0.580.2217.4x9048%
MACD
fast=18, slow=22, signal=10
14.7%-73.1%0.570.2016.6x29652%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.8
9.6%-41.2%0.550.236.5x6018%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=49, exitN=46
12.7%-76.3%0.530.1711.7x4347%
ROC 모멘텀
n=71, threshold=0.03
12.2%-68.1%0.520.1810.5x18345%
Buy and hold1.7%-97.3%0.300.021.4x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -97% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -52.5% (2007-07-25 → 2009-01-13), recovered after 629 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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