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ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -31.6%).

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

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -82.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.2%, MDD -53.8%, Sharpe 0.53, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.7%p (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -31.6%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=102, exitN=74
11.2%-53.8%0.530.2117.0x3350%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=112
11.1%-49.9%0.510.2216.3x8557%
ROC 모멘텀
n=94, threshold=0.23
8.5%-31.6%0.500.278.9x14320%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=168
10.4%-50.1%0.490.2113.9x6758%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.6
7.1%-55.4%0.430.136.2x7026%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.5
8.2%-51.7%0.420.168.2x10257%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=16
6.1%-51.3%0.380.124.9x13028%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.1
6.1%-48.4%0.380.134.8x9430%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
3.0%-72.3%0.250.042.2x33151%
MACD
fast=25, slow=42, signal=23
2.0%-69.6%0.210.031.7x23851%
Buy and hold8.7%-82.5%0.410.109.1x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -82% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -53.8% (2006-05-04 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,720 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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