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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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KSB Ltd. backtest

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

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,002 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.1%, drawdown -89.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.4%, MDD -86.2%, Sharpe 0.48, 56% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 18.0%, MDD -79.9%, exposure 58%.

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=8, mult=2.7
8.4%-86.2%0.480.107.1x12256%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.8
5.5%-85.5%0.410.063.7x11439%
MACD
fast=11, slow=35, signal=14
5.6%-81.8%0.400.073.7x36549%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=1.7
5.3%-83.8%0.400.063.5x17040%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=51
18.0%-79.9%0.390.2354.8x12858%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=45
17.1%-84.4%0.380.2045.6x5762%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=186
16.5%-81.4%0.370.2040.4x7059%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=12
14.5%-82.8%0.350.1726.2x14259%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=0.02
13.5%-83.4%0.340.1621.3x18359%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
11.5%-79.9%0.320.1414.0x31350%
Buy and hold21.1%-89.1%0.430.24101.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 EMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -86.2% (2005-06-14 → 2009-04-30), recovered after 6,280 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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