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Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -11.5%).

Data 2005-09-29 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,154 (20.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.1%, drawdown -79.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 2.4%, MDD -11.5%, Sharpe 0.44, 5% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.7%, MDD -47.1%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 67.5%p (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -11.5%, exposure 5%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=29
2.4%-11.5%0.440.211.6x85%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=3
3.2%-22.0%0.380.141.9x2610%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=99
4.7%-47.1%0.350.102.6x5951%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=92, exitN=59
3.9%-38.0%0.340.102.2x3040%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.8
2.5%-37.6%0.260.071.7x6025%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=189
2.4%-41.5%0.230.061.6x2551%
Supertrend
period=6, mult=5
2.2%-52.3%0.210.041.6x5756%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=0.01
-1.5%-61.0%-0.00-0.030.7x19848%
MACD
fast=18, slow=35, signal=19
-3.7%-69.6%-0.09-0.050.5x24252%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-3.6%-72.7%-0.09-0.050.5x16854%
Buy and hold-0.1%-79.0%0.15-0.001.0x1100%
1x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -39% -59% -79% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -11.5% (2013-04-05 → 2013-04-18), recovered after 4,591 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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