Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Cisco Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cisco Systems, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 22.6%, MDD -44.6%).

Data 1990-02-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,179 (36.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.2%, drawdown -89.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 22.6%, MDD -44.6%, Sharpe 0.86, 66% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.7%p (CAGR 22.6%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 66%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=163
22.6%-44.6%0.860.511671.8x5366%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=168
22.4%-45.2%0.860.491570.4x4167%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.9
19.6%-56.3%0.820.35676.1x10061%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=52, exitN=33
17.9%-39.5%0.780.45406.1x9455%
ROC 모멘텀
n=157, threshold=0
18.3%-54.6%0.720.33454.6x24968%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=71, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.6
7.8%-46.8%0.480.1715.6x11339%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.9
5.8%-50.3%0.450.127.8x6220%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
6.0%-70.8%0.350.088.3x34057%
MACD
fast=22, slow=39, signal=31
4.2%-85.5%0.290.054.5x34452%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=19
2.6%-50.6%0.240.052.5x16021%
Buy and hold22.2%-89.3%0.710.251494.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -44.6% (1994-03-09 → 1994-10-31), recovered after 485 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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