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Concurrent Technologies Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Concurrent Technologies Plc. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -48.5%).

Data 1996-07-04 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 7,719 (30.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.4%, drawdown -84.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -48.5%, Sharpe 0.64, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 7.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.9%p (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -48.5%, exposure 46%).

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=0.025, maxStep=0.14
16.5%-48.5%0.640.34100.0x53046%
MACD
fast=4, slow=39, signal=8
11.3%-74.7%0.490.1525.4x68148%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=2.5
7.9%-43.5%0.440.1810.0x24821%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=9, atrPeriod=24, mult=0.5
7.4%-53.2%0.390.148.6x48133%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=39
4.9%-41.7%0.360.124.3x244%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=180
6.8%-64.3%0.360.117.3x5151%
ROC 모멘텀
n=5, threshold=0.03
4.3%-49.5%0.290.093.6x78521%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=2.3
3.9%-83.6%0.270.053.2x26148%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=33, exitN=58
3.4%-79.6%0.260.042.8x7669%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=181
0.7%-90.6%0.180.011.2x4953%
Buy and hold9.4%-84.4%0.410.1114.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -48.5% (2000-12-21 → 2003-03-20), recovered after 2,107 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 120 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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