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Acer Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Acer Incorporated. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -32.5%).

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,608 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.6%, drawdown -90.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -58.8%, Sharpe 0.49, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 12.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.6%p (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -32.5%, exposure 17%).

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=20, mult=4.9
9.7%-58.8%0.490.1711.8x7651%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=89
8.4%-49.5%0.450.178.5x7047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=2.1
6.4%-45.7%0.400.145.2x10829%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=37, exitN=9
5.9%-44.0%0.390.134.6x14026%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=130
6.3%-58.2%0.370.115.1x7746%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.8
4.8%-32.5%0.370.153.5x6417%
MACD
fast=20, slow=57, signal=40
5.6%-59.7%0.340.094.2x18252%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=36
3.4%-59.0%0.300.062.5x10412%
ROC 모멘텀
n=109, threshold=0.11
2.7%-49.2%0.230.052.0x18233%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
-2.8%-68.7%0.02-0.040.5x32049%
Buy and hold-2.6%-90.4%0.13-0.030.5x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -58.8% (2010-01-15 → 2016-01-20), recovered after 4,081 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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