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KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -27.5%).

Data 2021-02-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,381 (5.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.7%, drawdown -66.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 14.0%, MDD -35.4%, Sharpe 0.60, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 14.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.1%p (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -27.5%, exposure 38%).

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=25, mult=3.8
14.0%-35.4%0.600.402.1x4044%
MACD
fast=17, slow=21, signal=8
12.1%-43.7%0.530.281.9x9247%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=161
9.6%-27.5%0.500.351.7x938%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=2.9
8.9%-41.9%0.480.211.6x1010%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.06
9.4%-38.5%0.450.241.6x6646%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=31
8.1%-41.6%0.430.201.5x4418%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.5
8.6%-41.6%0.420.211.6x2430%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=208
8.5%-41.6%0.420.201.6x536%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=66
6.5%-41.6%0.350.161.4x1561%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=0
5.8%-41.6%0.330.141.4x3741%
Buy and hold-0.7%-66.5%0.17-0.011.0x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -66% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -35.4% (2022-11-04 → 2024-09-25), recovered after 700 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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