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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -46.8%).

Data 2004-11-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,369 (21.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.2%, drawdown -80.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -52.9%, Sharpe 0.58, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.6%p (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -46.8%, exposure 55%).

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=21, mult=4.8
12.6%-52.9%0.580.2413.3x7847%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=69
12.0%-56.4%0.540.2111.7x9055%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=80
11.8%-46.8%0.530.2511.2x4255%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=70, exitN=27
8.9%-48.5%0.490.186.4x6036%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.04
8.9%-56.6%0.450.166.3x17250%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.5
7.5%-55.6%0.410.134.8x14644%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=1.6
6.2%-55.3%0.370.113.7x9838%
MACD
fast=17, slow=53, signal=26
5.8%-52.3%0.340.113.4x20049%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=12
5.6%-58.4%0.340.103.3x33050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.24
-0.1%-85.8%0.14-0.001.0x61352%
Buy and hold10.2%-80.5%0.450.138.3x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -81% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -52.9% (2015-04-28 → 2020-11-30), recovered after 3,255 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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