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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 11.3%, MDD -77.3%).

Data 1973-02-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,474 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.0%, drawdown -97.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 17.1%, MDD -87.6%, Sharpe 0.56, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 6.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.7%p (CAGR 11.3%, MDD -77.3%, exposure 42%).

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=22, exitN=70
17.1%-87.6%0.560.204598.8x13973%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=5
15.2%-79.1%0.540.191916.6x17654%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=5
14.9%-89.2%0.530.171654.2x57258%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=112
13.1%-88.1%0.500.15703.9x15955%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=77
11.8%-87.8%0.470.13388.8x15754%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=1.3
11.3%-77.3%0.470.15301.5x31242%
ROC 모멘텀
n=43, threshold=-0.02
11.7%-79.1%0.470.15366.0x72858%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.9
8.4%-80.7%0.410.1076.0x20631%
MACD
fast=16, slow=54, signal=14
6.1%-96.2%0.350.0623.6x64852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
6.0%-84.9%0.350.0722.2x43451%
Buy and hold11.0%-97.3%0.480.11264.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -97% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -87.6% (1983-07-22 → 1990-01-08), recovered after 3,713 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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