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Ibstock Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ibstock Plc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -7.7%).

Data 2015-10-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,722 (10.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.7%, drawdown -72.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.8%, MDD -7.9%, Sharpe 0.25, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 64.7%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -7.7%, exposure 2%).

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=36, threshold=23
0.8%-7.9%0.250.111.1x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.4
0.2%-7.7%0.070.031.0x122%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=2.7
-0.9%-48.9%0.06-0.020.9x7046%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=79
-1.1%-51.1%0.04-0.020.9x2844%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=61
-1.7%-49.3%0.03-0.040.8x5648%
ROC 모멘텀
n=75, threshold=0.11
-0.7%-38.1%0.02-0.020.9x9224%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=92, exitN=43
-1.7%-41.3%-0.02-0.040.8x1834%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.1
-0.4%-17.0%-0.05-0.021.0x83%
MACD
fast=11, slow=26, signal=17
-4.3%-58.9%-0.11-0.070.6x17350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-5.7%-65.9%-0.17-0.090.5x9550%
Buy and hold-6.7%-72.6%-0.03-0.090.5x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -73% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -7.9% (2017-03-17 → 2017-04-11), recovered after 33 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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