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Mycronic AB backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mycronic AB. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 18.8%, MDD -49.4%).

Data 2000-03-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,694 (26.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXSTOMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.3%, drawdown -98.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.1%, MDD -50.0%, Sharpe 0.75, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 16.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 48.7%p (CAGR 18.8%, MDD -49.4%, exposure 52%).

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=16, mult=5
20.1%-50.0%0.750.40125.3x6749%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=90
18.8%-49.4%0.720.3893.6x7152%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=34
17.3%-55.6%0.680.3166.9x7150%
ROC 모멘텀
n=79, threshold=-0.01
17.6%-60.7%0.670.2971.5x21955%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=24, mult=3
14.0%-56.0%0.670.2531.8x8830%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.1
14.3%-55.6%0.650.2634.3x11435%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=63
15.6%-51.9%0.620.3046.1x10152%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=11
15.1%-61.5%0.610.2440.5x45048%
MACD
fast=9, slow=38, signal=19
6.3%-84.6%0.340.075.0x37452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.3
5.2%-68.7%0.310.083.8x77451%
Buy and hold3.3%-98.8%0.320.032.4x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -50.0% (2006-04-24 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,354 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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