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Alchip Technologies Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alchip Technologies Ltd.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 36.2%, MDD -44.1%).

Data 2012-10-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,367 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 37.7%, drawdown -83.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 51.6%, MDD -58.8%, Sharpe 1.16, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 13.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.2%p (CAGR 36.2%, MDD -44.1%, exposure 39%).

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=4.5
51.6%-58.8%1.160.88313.4x4259%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.8
38.0%-64.7%1.080.5986.0x3236%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.4
42.1%-53.9%1.070.78128.5x5848%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=111, exitN=26
36.2%-44.1%1.030.8271.7x2439%
ROC 모멘텀
n=41, threshold=0.06
38.9%-62.3%1.010.6293.6x18449%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=46
40.9%-56.0%0.990.73113.8x7058%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=58
39.2%-67.6%0.970.5896.9x4858%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=17
35.5%-64.9%0.950.5566.8x14651%
MACD
fast=29, slow=44, signal=17
26.6%-56.6%0.790.4725.9x12253%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.24
25.4%-56.2%0.760.4522.7x21854%
Buy and hold37.7%-83.0%0.850.4583.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -62% -83% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -58.8% (2014-07-11 → 2016-03-29), recovered after 1,020 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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