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Vicor Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vicor Corporation. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 23.7%, MDD -68.5%).

Data 1990-04-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,148 (36.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.1%, drawdown -92.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 23.7%, MDD -68.5%, Sharpe 0.72, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 10.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.4%p (CAGR 23.7%, MDD -68.5%, exposure 51%).

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=21, mult=5
23.7%-68.5%0.720.352269.1x8051%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=153
20.2%-70.4%0.640.29790.8x6354%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=64
19.5%-71.1%0.630.27653.9x7154%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=103, exitN=34
15.1%-71.6%0.580.21164.3x7040%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.8
14.1%-73.2%0.540.19119.7x15640%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.8
12.6%-66.6%0.500.1974.2x19641%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=0.07
12.8%-78.8%0.490.1678.3x26150%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=30
6.6%-42.0%0.470.1610.1x5010%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
3.8%-94.9%0.290.043.9x30852%
MACD
fast=13, slow=40, signal=19
1.0%-94.0%0.240.011.4x49653%
Buy and hold13.1%-92.9%0.500.1486.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -68.5% (2000-10-02 → 2003-05-21), recovered after 3,459 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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