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DCC Energy plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DCC Energy plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2000-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,764 (26.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.4%, drawdown -64.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.6%, MDD -68.2%, Sharpe 0.36, 85% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.6%, MDD -56.6%, exposure 60%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=22, exitN=119
4.6%-68.2%0.360.073.3x3785%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=278
4.6%-56.6%0.330.083.3x3160%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=210
2.7%-78.5%0.300.032.0x4162%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=22
1.1%-18.3%0.220.061.3x177%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=2, threshold=-0.09
-9.2%-99.4%0.13-0.090.1x17798%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
-7.3%-94.7%0.10-0.080.1x10562%
MACD
fast=27, slow=41, signal=38
-13.7%-98.4%-0.06-0.140.0x23450%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-16.3%-99.6%-0.13-0.160.0x25155%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.4
-2.0%-47.8%-0.16-0.040.6x246%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
-5.3%-84.4%-0.34-0.060.2x467%
Buy and hold9.4%-64.1%0.450.1510.8x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -34% -51% -68% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -68.2% (2001-07-19 → 2003-03-10), recovered after 4,306 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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