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Morgan Sindall Group plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Morgan Sindall Group plc. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -39.0%).

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

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.3%, drawdown -83.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.2%, MDD -47.2%, Sharpe 0.65, 37% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.1%, MDD -53.9%, exposure 56%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 2.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.9%p (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -39.0%, exposure 28%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=16
11.2%-47.2%0.650.2456.3x14037%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=85
13.1%-53.9%0.640.24109.4x11156%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.9
12.6%-67.1%0.640.1991.6x15255%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=77, k=1.6
10.8%-56.1%0.610.1949.7x11042%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=99, atrPeriod=11, mult=2.6
10.3%-56.0%0.580.1842.1x9644%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=27
8.3%-39.0%0.560.2120.6x20828%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=55
10.5%-63.1%0.550.1745.5x8957%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=-0.01
9.7%-77.5%0.510.1233.8x30158%
MACD
fast=10, slow=55, signal=17
7.1%-63.6%0.410.1113.7x43052%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
6.6%-72.2%0.390.0911.2x42251%
Buy and hold8.3%-83.2%0.400.1020.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -42% -62% -83% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.2% (2007-07-19 → 2010-07-28), recovered after 4,564 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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