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Inchcape plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Inchcape plc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1988-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,766 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.9%, drawdown -94.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 3.9%, MDD -88.4%, Sharpe 0.19, 58% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -83.8%, exposure 43%.

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=66
3.9%-88.4%0.190.044.3x10358%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=80, atrPeriod=10, mult=3
4.4%-83.8%0.180.055.1x11043%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=93, exitN=75
3.4%-89.7%0.180.043.6x6552%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
1.8%-76.4%0.170.022.0x23157%
ROC 모멘텀
n=119, threshold=-0.03
0.9%-95.8%0.160.011.4x29964%
MACD
fast=19, slow=40, signal=16
-2.0%-94.2%0.13-0.020.5x39146%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=109
-1.3%-90.2%0.11-0.010.6x16750%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.6
-3.4%-96.6%0.10-0.030.3x28742%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=10, threshold=23
-8.0%-98.8%0.05-0.080.0x62144%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=2.7
-9.8%-99.9%0.04-0.100.0x42557%
Buy and hold3.9%-94.1%0.230.044.3x1100%
1x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Keltner 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -88.4% (1993-03-09 → 2000-09-22), recovered after 4,815 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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