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F&C Investment Trust PLC GBP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of F&C Investment Trust PLC GBP. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -37.9%).

Data 1970-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 14,592 (56.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -84.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -84.8%, Sharpe 0.42, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -0.8%p (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -37.9%, exposure 69%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=11, threshold=-0.15
8.0%-84.8%0.420.0977.7x2999%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=169
7.0%-37.9%0.420.1946.6x7769%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=141
5.1%-34.7%0.400.1516.9x11565%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=10, exitN=52
5.3%-88.4%0.330.0618.1x23588%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.4
3.6%-86.7%0.280.047.6x25462%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.7
-0.1%-82.6%0.11-0.001.0x15031%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
-0.5%-80.0%0.10-0.010.8x55057%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=18
-0.7%-85.0%0.07-0.010.7x13027%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2.6
-1.4%-89.3%0.02-0.020.5x14219%
MACD
fast=14, slow=46, signal=13
-3.0%-85.9%-0.01-0.030.2x74251%
Buy and hold8.1%-84.0%0.420.1082.7x1100%
1x 10x 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -84.8% (1972-12-28 → 1977-01-19), recovered after 5,116 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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