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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -40.7%).

Data 2001-01-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,393 (25.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.0%, drawdown -83.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.8%, MDD -41.1%, Sharpe 0.59, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.4%p (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -40.7%, exposure 59%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=126, exitN=70
11.8%-41.1%0.590.2917.3x2750%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=193
11.6%-40.7%0.570.2916.8x5959%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=186
9.7%-53.9%0.500.1810.7x3759%
ROC 모멘텀
n=112, threshold=-0.01
8.9%-58.5%0.460.158.9x18760%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=20
3.3%-27.9%0.340.122.3x3311%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.7
3.2%-46.2%0.270.072.3x7726%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2
3.2%-48.8%0.260.072.2x11535%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.4
2.4%-70.6%0.220.031.8x11959%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
1.4%-58.7%0.180.021.4x20355%
MACD
fast=18, slow=27, signal=22
-2.5%-83.4%0.04-0.030.5x30953%
Buy and hold8.0%-83.5%0.390.107.1x1100%
1x 10x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -41.1% (2023-08-01 → 2026-06-12), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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