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Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,629 (26.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.6%, drawdown -71.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.5%, MDD -51.3%, Sharpe 0.27, 53% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=8, mult=4.8
3.5%-51.3%0.270.072.5x8953%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=34, exitN=72
2.1%-52.1%0.210.041.7x6372%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=167
2.1%-43.0%0.200.051.7x5159%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=46
0.1%-57.1%0.100.001.0x12156%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=1.5
0.3%-44.9%0.100.011.1x11640%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=65, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.5
-1.0%-55.5%0.03-0.020.8x16246%
ROC 모멘텀
n=91, threshold=-0.04
-1.9%-63.2%0.02-0.030.6x25972%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
-2.1%-63.3%-0.01-0.030.6x33454%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=24
-0.4%-38.1%-0.02-0.010.9x157%
MACD
fast=19, slow=58, signal=18
-2.9%-72.4%-0.06-0.040.5x28653%
Buy and hold5.6%-71.1%0.340.084.3x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -51.3% (2004-03-04 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 2,489 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 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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