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Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 10.9%, MDD -48.8%).

Data 2007-12-31 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,573 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.1%, drawdown -69.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.2%, MDD -53.9%, Sharpe 0.68, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 6.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.1%p (CAGR 10.9%, MDD -48.8%, 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=22, mult=2.7
16.2%-53.9%0.680.3016.5x13749%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.4
11.2%-51.4%0.560.227.3x16132%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
11.1%-61.4%0.520.187.1x14348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=28
10.9%-48.8%0.510.226.8x17952%
MACD
fast=14, slow=56, signal=19
10.5%-53.3%0.510.206.5x19951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=18, threshold=0.1
8.2%-42.3%0.500.194.3x21515%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=1.9
7.7%-50.9%0.430.154.0x10932%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=99, exitN=43
7.0%-54.8%0.400.133.5x3229%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=11
7.0%-66.8%0.380.103.5x20750%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=206
4.6%-74.2%0.300.062.3x5746%
Buy and hold10.1%-69.0%0.450.156.0x1100%
1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.9% (2012-03-02 → 2017-08-23), recovered after 2,687 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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