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Georgia Capital Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Georgia Capital Plc. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 16.2%, MDD -27.4%).

Data 2018-05-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,067 (8.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.7%, drawdown -72.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.5%, MDD -34.5%, Sharpe 1.14, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 10.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.2%p (CAGR 16.2%, MDD -27.4%, exposure 47%).

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=11, mult=3.6
27.5%-34.5%1.140.807.3x2563%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=48
26.2%-30.9%1.120.856.7x1155%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=172
24.3%-39.7%1.040.615.9x958%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.03
22.5%-31.6%0.940.715.3x4166%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=22, mult=0.7
19.7%-37.1%0.920.534.4x5857%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=154
19.9%-42.5%0.890.474.4x1560%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.7
16.2%-27.4%0.830.593.4x2247%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=24
11.7%-14.7%0.790.792.5x2426%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.32
12.4%-35.8%0.630.352.6x10655%
MACD
fast=7, slow=39, signal=10
10.8%-32.7%0.570.332.3x16049%
Buy and hold16.7%-72.6%0.610.233.5x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -73% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.5% (2018-11-06 → 2020-10-30), recovered after 861 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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