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China Tobacco International (HK) Co., Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of China Tobacco International (HK) Co., Ltd.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 17.5%, MDD -43.2%).

Data 2019-06-12 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 1,800 (7.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.4%, drawdown -71.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 28.9%, MDD -60.5%, Sharpe 0.80, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 6.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.4%p (CAGR 17.5%, MDD -43.2%, exposure 46%).

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=3, mult=2.9
28.9%-60.5%0.800.486.4x3752%
MACD
fast=24, slow=44, signal=24
17.5%-43.2%0.660.413.3x5346%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=10, exitN=19
15.4%-71.9%0.540.212.8x4959%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=10, threshold=21
12.4%-65.7%0.520.192.3x10443%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=206
10.8%-43.3%0.490.252.1x1643%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=0.6
10.6%-74.1%0.470.142.1x9639%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0.13
8.4%-35.5%0.430.241.8x4029%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=159
7.9%-48.5%0.400.161.7x1645%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=24, mult=0.9
7.0%-62.8%0.380.111.6x8631%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
6.0%-71.6%0.340.081.5x15143%
Buy and hold22.4%-71.9%0.630.314.4x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -72% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -60.5% (2019-07-30 → 2022-11-22), recovered after 1,938 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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