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C&D International Investment Group Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of C&D International Investment Group Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2012-12-14 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 3,395 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 27.3%, drawdown -65.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.1%, MDD -53.0%, Sharpe 0.79, 54% 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
Supertrend
period=17, mult=2.6
27.1%-53.0%0.790.5127.2x9354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=288
23.7%-64.6%0.700.3718.9x1264%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=207
23.4%-64.6%0.690.3618.3x1264%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=30, exitN=3
16.0%-57.4%0.620.287.7x10220%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.3
14.3%-62.7%0.590.236.3x11318%
MACD
fast=16, slow=53, signal=19
15.3%-50.3%0.560.307.2x13448%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.1
13.1%-57.6%0.520.235.5x6827%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=0.04
13.4%-64.6%0.500.215.6x11355%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=15
11.9%-61.0%0.480.194.7x24347%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
11.7%-61.0%0.470.194.6x21151%
Buy and hold27.3%-65.3%0.720.4227.8x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -65% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.0% (2015-06-12 → 2016-08-17), recovered after 959 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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