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Veeco Instruments Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Veeco Instruments Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 6.6%, MDD -54.0%).

Data 1994-11-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,970 (31.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.9%, drawdown -96.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -75.1%, Sharpe 0.50, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.6%p (CAGR 6.6%, MDD -54.0%, exposure 25%).

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=24, mult=5
12.6%-75.1%0.500.1743.3x8846%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=72
10.7%-90.5%0.450.1225.3x11254%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=62, exitN=31
9.7%-76.7%0.430.1318.7x8641%
ROC 모멘텀
n=75, threshold=0.03
7.6%-84.8%0.380.0910.2x34548%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=15
6.6%-54.0%0.360.127.6x11225%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.1
6.7%-76.7%0.360.097.8x15642%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=126
6.1%-80.9%0.350.086.5x6548%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.3
4.7%-84.9%0.310.064.3x22842%
MACD
fast=15, slow=56, signal=9
-4.5%-96.5%0.11-0.050.2x49254%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.44
-4.0%-97.2%0.11-0.040.3x28451%
Buy and hold4.9%-96.7%0.390.054.5x1100%
1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -73% -97% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -75.1% (2011-05-31 → 2020-05-14), recovered after 5,438 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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