Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

MKS Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MKS Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -51.9%).

Data 1999-03-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,877 (27.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.8%, drawdown -85.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -51.9%, Sharpe 0.47, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.8%p (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -51.9%, exposure 55%).

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=45, exitN=36
10.8%-51.9%0.470.2116.6x8055%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=88
9.1%-64.2%0.420.1410.7x7757%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.8
8.4%-75.7%0.410.119.1x12454%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.2
7.2%-50.4%0.400.146.8x10031%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=40
8.0%-70.9%0.390.118.1x10559%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.1
4.1%-62.3%0.290.073.0x9427%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=27
2.6%-26.6%0.280.102.0x145%
ROC 모멘텀
n=79, threshold=-0.04
3.0%-77.6%0.260.042.3x25765%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.42
2.6%-83.5%0.250.032.0x24654%
MACD
fast=14, slow=52, signal=19
-1.4%-86.0%0.13-0.020.7x32452%
Buy and hold11.8%-85.7%0.470.1421.0x1100%
1x 10x 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -51.9% (2011-04-06 → 2016-05-17), recovered after 2,211 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.
Re-optimize the same period and setupAll asset reports

Read next