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Ichor Holdings backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ichor Holdings. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2016-12-09 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,443 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.1%, drawdown -77.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.2%, MDD -64.0%, Sharpe 0.58, 51% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=9, mult=3.7
17.2%-64.0%0.580.274.7x5251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=22
11.4%-36.5%0.530.312.9x1411%
ROC 모멘텀
n=156, threshold=0.06
13.2%-52.3%0.500.253.4x5543%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
10.1%-54.0%0.450.192.5x2423%
MACD
fast=17, slow=26, signal=18
10.1%-66.2%0.440.152.5x11650%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=23, exitN=77
6.2%-78.9%0.380.081.8x2871%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3
5.7%-43.9%0.380.131.7x148%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=178
5.7%-62.6%0.350.091.7x1346%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.12
5.7%-78.6%0.340.071.7x27052%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=173
0.2%-71.8%0.220.001.0x2146%
Buy and hold19.1%-77.4%0.600.255.5x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -77% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -64.0% (2017-10-23 → 2020-05-15), recovered after 3,042 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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