SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · US

SEI Investments Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of SEI Investments Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -52.0%).

Data 1981-03-25 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 11,451 (45.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.0%, drawdown -71.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.8%, MDD -52.0%, Sharpe 0.58, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 3.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.5%p (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -52.0%, exposure 56%).

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=17, mult=3.2
11.8%-52.0%0.580.23157.8x26556%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
10.4%-70.9%0.520.1588.5x56956%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=84
9.5%-58.3%0.490.1662.8x14359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=60
10.3%-67.4%0.490.1584.9x14578%
MACD
fast=27, slow=41, signal=39
8.4%-56.1%0.460.1539.0x31750%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=1.1
6.6%-56.4%0.400.1218.0x50346%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=26, mult=1.2
6.5%-63.6%0.400.1017.3x41145%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=-0.11
7.2%-74.2%0.380.1023.3x27782%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=190
6.0%-65.7%0.350.0914.0x16165%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=6, threshold=37
4.5%-89.5%0.340.057.3x72529%
Buy and hold15.0%-71.5%0.570.21580.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -71% 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -52.0% (2006-10-12 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,281 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.
Re-optimize the same period and setupMore US assetsAll asset reports

Read next