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ITEQ Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ITEQ Corporation. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 22.4%, MDD -46.7%).

Data 2008-01-21 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,560 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.2%, drawdown -71.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 24.5%, MDD -55.7%, Sharpe 0.81, 76% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.4%p (CAGR 22.4%, MDD -46.7%, exposure 60%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=36, exitN=102
24.5%-55.7%0.810.4458.9x2776%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=206
22.4%-46.7%0.790.4843.2x2960%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=155
21.0%-50.3%0.760.4234.7x2157%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=4
16.5%-67.3%0.640.2517.2x17161%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.9
13.9%-50.9%0.640.2711.2x5932%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.8
15.1%-73.6%0.630.2113.7x13551%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=0.05
14.9%-68.9%0.610.2213.2x15750%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=1.5
11.5%-68.3%0.540.177.6x10938%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
8.8%-59.0%0.440.154.8x28952%
MACD
fast=18, slow=47, signal=19
7.2%-80.4%0.390.093.6x18150%
Buy and hold18.2%-71.2%0.620.2622.5x1100%
1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.7% (2019-09-12 → 2025-05-16), recovered after 2,394 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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