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Kopin Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kopin Corporation. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -58.7%).

Data 1992-04-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,633 (34.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.0%, drawdown -99.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.7%, MDD -72.1%, Sharpe 0.52, 22% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.5%p (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -58.7%, exposure 7%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.9
13.7%-72.1%0.520.1982.7x8822%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3
12.3%-58.8%0.500.2153.1x6816%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=37
9.6%-58.7%0.460.1622.8x727%
ROC 모멘텀
n=155, threshold=0.2
11.6%-68.7%0.460.1742.7x24532%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=14
7.9%-79.6%0.380.1013.6x10821%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=87
6.7%-93.6%0.380.079.2x11746%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=79
4.5%-93.2%0.330.054.6x7943%
MACD
fast=10, slow=38, signal=24
2.8%-98.1%0.320.032.6x44051%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=3.4
3.9%-98.6%0.320.043.8x18042%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.2
-3.2%-99.5%0.20-0.030.3x82046%
Buy and hold1.0%-99.6%0.390.011.4x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -72.1% (2000-02-08 → 2003-06-23), recovered after 7,422 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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