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JD Sports Fashion Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of JD Sports Fashion Plc. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -25.9%).

Data 1996-10-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,599 (29.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.0%, drawdown -87.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 22.1%, MDD -44.4%, Sharpe 0.88, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.5%p (CAGR 11.8%, MDD -25.9%, exposure 19%).

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
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
22.1%-44.4%0.880.50379.1x11761%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.1
11.8%-25.9%0.860.4627.7x10219%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=2.4
13.0%-43.6%0.750.3038.1x15531%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=23
17.9%-75.0%0.750.24134.4x16560%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=17
14.3%-48.0%0.720.3053.0x26742%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=201
14.9%-58.8%0.670.2562.6x6958%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=64
15.3%-64.0%0.670.2469.4x9160%
ROC 모멘텀
n=43, threshold=-0.08
15.2%-72.0%0.620.2167.5x26375%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.38
13.2%-59.9%0.600.2240.1x71353%
MACD
fast=18, slow=35, signal=13
11.4%-72.0%0.550.1624.8x36151%
Buy and hold12.0%-87.9%0.490.1429.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -44.4% (2023-12-14 → 2025-07-16), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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