Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Kinaxis, Inc. backtest

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

Data 2014-06-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,048 (12.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.4%, drawdown -48.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.2%, MDD -35.8%, Sharpe 0.69, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 16.3%, MDD -42.7%, exposure 60%.

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
Supertrend
period=22, mult=3.6
16.2%-35.8%0.690.456.2x6362%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=95
16.3%-42.7%0.670.386.2x3560%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=83
15.4%-58.7%0.640.265.7x2563%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=50, exitN=66
14.4%-37.2%0.610.395.1x2366%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=72, k=1.2
10.9%-42.4%0.550.263.5x5348%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.2
10.0%-40.7%0.540.253.2x5741%
ROC 모멘텀
n=84, threshold=-0.05
12.2%-48.6%0.540.254.0x9369%
MACD
fast=23, slow=69, signal=19
6.6%-64.5%0.390.102.2x10748%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=15
6.0%-46.0%0.390.132.0x8836%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.14
2.2%-69.2%0.220.031.3x31354%
Buy and hold23.4%-48.2%0.750.4912.8x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -36% -48% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -35.8% (2020-08-06 → 2021-06-21), recovered after 2,125 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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