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China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. Class A backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. Class A. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -27.1%).

Data 2009-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,057 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.2%, drawdown -70.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.3%, MDD -27.1%, Sharpe 0.54, 2% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.6%, MDD -29.0%, exposure 5%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.2%p (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -27.1%, exposure 2%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=7, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.8
5.3%-27.1%0.540.202.4x162%
ROC 모멘텀
n=11, threshold=0.13
5.6%-29.0%0.470.192.5x885%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.8
4.9%-35.1%0.440.142.2x466%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=74, exitN=44
5.3%-40.0%0.340.132.4x2530%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=36
2.5%-29.8%0.320.091.5x61%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=2.2
2.8%-53.8%0.240.051.6x15240%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=165
2.5%-52.6%0.230.051.5x2943%
MACD
fast=14, slow=56, signal=17
2.4%-49.5%0.220.051.5x18050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
1.2%-52.2%0.170.021.2x20644%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=202
-0.7%-58.4%0.10-0.010.9x2739%
Buy and hold-1.2%-70.4%0.14-0.020.8x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -35% -53% -70% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -27.1% (2014-12-17 → 2020-06-23), recovered after 2,025 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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