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Card Factory Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Card Factory Plc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -14.6%).

Data 2014-05-15 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 3,107 (12.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -7.6%, drawdown -92.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -14.6%, Sharpe 0.68, 6% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 17.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.2%p (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -14.6%, exposure 6%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=3.3
9.7%-14.6%0.680.663.1x106%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.5
9.2%-14.6%0.650.632.9x167%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=37
3.4%-25.9%0.410.131.5x64%
MACD
fast=7, slow=47, signal=10
4.4%-65.3%0.300.071.7x20652%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=101, exitN=6
3.6%-48.7%0.280.071.5x3114%
ROC 모멘텀
n=103, threshold=0.14
3.3%-42.5%0.250.081.5x6924%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.06
2.7%-69.6%0.240.041.4x19850%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=1.5
1.3%-73.1%0.200.021.2x13750%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=70, slow=158
-0.1%-53.7%0.14-0.001.0x2140%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=111
-1.9%-64.4%0.06-0.030.8x5940%
Buy and hold-7.6%-92.8%0.07-0.080.4x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -14.6% (2021-03-03 → 2021-03-05), recovered after 14 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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