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China Airlines Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of China Airlines Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -34.8%).

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,608 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.5%, drawdown -80.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.0%, MDD -34.8%, Sharpe 0.44, 8% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.3%p (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -34.8%, exposure 8%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.6
5.0%-34.8%0.440.143.6x768%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=3.2
4.6%-39.9%0.390.113.3x4211%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=74
3.5%-72.2%0.260.052.5x9143%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=106
3.2%-62.9%0.250.052.3x10744%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=14
2.9%-65.6%0.240.042.1x12829%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
2.5%-75.1%0.230.031.9x8352%
MACD
fast=14, slow=52, signal=19
1.7%-73.5%0.190.021.6x28051%
ROC 모멘텀
n=100, threshold=0.14
1.8%-63.0%0.190.031.6x16524%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
1.6%-79.0%0.190.021.5x18645%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=31
1.2%-38.7%0.180.031.4x124%
Buy and hold2.5%-80.0%0.250.031.9x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -34.8% (2004-03-19 → 2007-07-20), recovered after 6,115 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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