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Chrysalis Investments Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Chrysalis Investments Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.7%, MDD -1.8%).

Data 2018-11-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,953 (7.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -4.4%, drawdown -81.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 14.8%, MDD -46.0%, Sharpe 0.64, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 19.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.9%p (CAGR 0.7%, MDD -1.8%, exposure 1%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.04
14.8%-46.0%0.640.322.9x5053%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=28, mult=1.6
12.5%-25.9%0.630.482.5x3039%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=2.2
13.9%-40.5%0.590.342.7x4459%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=3.3
5.5%-16.1%0.560.341.5x815%
ROC 모멘텀
n=45, threshold=0.04
10.5%-27.0%0.540.392.2x9643%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=56
11.7%-46.0%0.530.252.3x1660%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=36
0.7%-1.8%0.490.411.1x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=99
9.7%-33.8%0.490.292.1x2652%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=168
8.7%-30.9%0.460.281.9x1253%
MACD
fast=20, slow=57, signal=19
3.7%-68.5%0.270.051.3x6150%
Buy and hold-4.4%-81.9%0.10-0.050.7x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -46.0% (2021-09-06 → 2022-11-02), recovered after 980 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward 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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