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Foresight Group Holdings Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Foresight Group Holdings Ltd.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.0%, MDD -3.0%).

Data 2021-02-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,385 (5.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.1%, drawdown -42.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 1.0%, MDD -3.0%, Sharpe 0.36, 3% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.3%, MDD -29.7%, exposure 80%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.9%p (CAGR 1.0%, MDD -3.0%, exposure 3%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=30
1.0%-3.0%0.360.331.1x23%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=74
5.3%-29.7%0.320.181.3x1980%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=50
3.7%-22.1%0.270.171.2x3155%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3.5
1.4%-9.6%0.250.151.1x21%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.9
0.9%-43.6%0.170.021.0x1366%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.6
0.7%-10.9%0.140.071.0x44%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=40
-1.9%-39.8%0.04-0.050.9x1952%
MACD
fast=19, slow=68, signal=18
-6.2%-49.3%-0.13-0.130.7x5947%
ROC 모멘텀
n=70, threshold=-0.01
-7.1%-48.8%-0.17-0.140.7x6551%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
-10.1%-55.4%-0.28-0.180.6x8350%
Buy and hold0.1%-42.9%0.190.001.0x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -11% -21% -32% -43% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -3.0% (2025-08-22 → 2025-09-02), recovered after 24 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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