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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; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2016-12-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,422 (9.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.5%, drawdown -77.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 17.4%, MDD -50.0%, Sharpe 0.59, 43% 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=156, threshold=0.06
17.4%-50.0%0.590.354.7x5543%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.7
17.3%-64.0%0.580.274.7x5251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=22
11.6%-36.5%0.530.322.9x1411%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
10.1%-54.0%0.450.192.5x2423%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=23, exitN=77
9.7%-78.9%0.440.122.4x2771%
MACD
fast=17, slow=26, signal=18
10.2%-66.2%0.440.152.5x11650%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=178
9.5%-62.6%0.420.152.4x1346%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3
5.7%-43.9%0.390.131.7x148%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.12
7.5%-78.6%0.380.102.0x26852%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=173
3.8%-71.8%0.300.051.4x2146%
Buy and hold23.5%-77.4%0.650.307.7x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -77% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -50.0% (2018-01-23 → 2019-08-27), recovered after 721 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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