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Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -54.7%).

Data 2004-03-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,623 (22.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.3%, drawdown -95.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 21.0%, MDD -56.4%, Sharpe 0.67, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 9.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.8%p (CAGR 17.8%, MDD -54.7%, exposure 43%).

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=27, mult=4
21.0%-56.4%0.670.3771.4x8252%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=196
20.8%-66.9%0.650.3168.4x3152%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=56, exitN=31
19.0%-61.3%0.630.3148.8x6244%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.2
17.8%-54.7%0.610.3338.9x14643%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=63, slow=101
18.3%-68.4%0.600.2742.4x3753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=93, threshold=0.11
15.1%-71.4%0.550.2123.2x22543%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=14
14.1%-58.8%0.530.2418.9x20239%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.5
10.8%-69.2%0.460.169.8x15241%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.26
2.9%-85.7%0.280.031.9x39651%
MACD
fast=22, slow=52, signal=18
-0.0%-79.3%0.22-0.001.0x22454%
Buy and hold11.3%-95.2%0.480.1211.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -56.4% (2007-04-23 → 2009-04-27), recovered after 822 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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