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Everplay Group Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Everplay Group Plc. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -15.9%).

Data 2018-05-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,070 (8.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.7%, drawdown -82.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 20.6%, MDD -43.5%, Sharpe 0.74, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 19.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.4%p (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -15.9%, 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=0.035, maxStep=0.2
20.6%-43.5%0.740.474.6x19550%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=76, slow=100
19.7%-34.4%0.740.574.4x1647%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.06
17.4%-36.5%0.700.483.7x5541%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=0.9
12.8%-38.1%0.530.342.7x17549%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=213
10.6%-53.8%0.490.202.3x1243%
MACD
fast=3, slow=28, signal=8
10.9%-59.1%0.480.182.3x23949%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=7, k=1.1
9.3%-56.7%0.450.162.1x26139%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=95, exitN=33
6.3%-58.4%0.360.111.7x1238%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=37
1.5%-15.9%0.240.091.1x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.3
-1.0%-45.8%0.01-0.020.9x1614%
Buy and hold0.7%-82.9%0.260.011.1x1100%
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% -21% -41% -62% -83% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -43.5% (2024-10-01 → 2026-07-09), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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