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Yihai International Holding Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Yihai International Holding Ltd.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 32.6%, MDD -42.9%).

Data 2016-07-13 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 2,518 (10.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.4%, drawdown -93.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 32.6%, MDD -42.9%, Sharpe 0.97, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 17.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 50.4%p (CAGR 32.6%, MDD -42.9%, exposure 47%).

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=5
32.6%-42.9%0.970.7617.9x2047%
ROC 모멘텀
n=156, threshold=-0.04
30.5%-64.0%0.880.4815.1x5860%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=191
28.5%-67.0%0.870.4313.0x2652%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=48, exitN=37
28.3%-50.1%0.870.5612.7x2247%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=40, threshold=15
22.5%-50.4%0.820.457.9x4234%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=187
26.4%-70.5%0.820.3710.9x1255%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.2
15.9%-47.3%0.630.344.5x10237%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.2
16.2%-48.0%0.620.344.6x7843%
MACD
fast=23, slow=72, signal=29
10.7%-60.7%0.460.182.8x6451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.12
7.9%-83.6%0.390.102.2x24848%
Buy and hold15.4%-93.3%0.540.164.3x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -42.9% (2020-09-02 → 2022-11-09), recovered after 859 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 120 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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