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Fabrinet backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fabrinet. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-06-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,049 (16.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 25.8%, drawdown -70.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.0%, MDD -76.2%, Sharpe 0.64, 84% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=18, exitN=69
20.0%-76.2%0.640.2618.8x3484%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=88
14.3%-64.0%0.540.228.5x5265%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=188
13.2%-43.1%0.520.317.4x2671%
ROC 모멘텀
n=103, threshold=-0.04
9.7%-60.9%0.430.164.5x15673%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.9
4.1%-63.1%0.290.071.9x9060%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
0.2%-72.7%0.180.001.0x32853%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=16
0.4%-62.2%0.160.011.1x13638%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.2
-5.2%-75.1%-0.02-0.070.4x18447%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.3
-0.7%-42.9%-0.02-0.020.9x227%
MACD
fast=9, slow=39, signal=12
-6.2%-77.7%-0.03-0.080.4x28849%
Buy and hold25.8%-70.5%0.710.3740.3x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -76.2% (2011-02-17 → 2012-11-16), recovered after 2,043 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.
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