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Bel Fuse Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bel Fuse Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1983-12-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,746 (42.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.4%, drawdown -89.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.6%, MDD -90.9%, Sharpe 0.45, 71% 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=55
10.6%-90.9%0.450.1272.8x12071%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.3
9.0%-94.6%0.410.0939.0x18455%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=148
8.2%-74.6%0.400.1128.9x8952%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=87
8.1%-85.9%0.390.0927.6x9953%
MACD
fast=37, slow=79, signal=37
5.8%-89.9%0.340.0610.9x22053%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=19
5.7%-75.4%0.340.0810.7x13222%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=3.3
3.2%-77.4%0.250.043.9x6814%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=63, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.6
2.5%-96.7%0.240.032.9x25841%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=0.06
0.4%-97.1%0.190.001.2x34747%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
-3.1%-98.4%0.12-0.030.3x73650%
Buy and hold10.4%-89.9%0.460.1268.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -91% 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -90.9% (2000-11-06 → 2020-07-14), recovered after 9,005 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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