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Central Japan Railway Company backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Central Japan Railway Company. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -31.4%).

Data 2001-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,370 (25.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.1%, drawdown -66.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 1.8%, MDD -12.1%, Sharpe 0.40, 3% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 3.4%, MDD -31.4%, exposure 20%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 2.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 54.4%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -31.4%, exposure 20%).

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=22, threshold=35
1.8%-12.1%0.400.151.6x143%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.6
3.4%-31.4%0.350.112.4x5920%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.6
2.0%-41.5%0.230.051.6x6118%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=84, exitN=24
1.7%-41.6%0.200.041.5x6426%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=228
1.9%-52.6%0.200.041.6x4652%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=152
1.6%-51.5%0.180.031.5x5052%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=0.13
0.5%-52.3%0.110.011.2x17221%
MACD
fast=31, slow=36, signal=17
-0.2%-59.1%0.08-0.001.0x25352%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=3.5
-0.4%-64.5%0.07-0.010.9x14553%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.1%-60.6%0.03-0.020.7x20753%
Buy and hold4.1%-66.5%0.290.062.8x1100%
1x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -33% -50% -66% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -12.1% (2013-05-15 → 2014-06-27), recovered after 4,499 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 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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