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Metro Bank Holdings Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Metro Bank Holdings Plc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.3%, MDD -17.5%).

Data 2016-03-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,628 (10.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -21.4%, drawdown -99.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -25.8%, Sharpe 0.68, 17% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.1%, MDD -34.0%, exposure 33%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 33.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 73.5%p (CAGR 4.3%, MDD -17.5%, 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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.4
11.7%-25.8%0.680.453.1x1317%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=34
15.1%-34.0%0.640.444.3x1733%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.09
13.9%-46.8%0.610.303.9x4935%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=2
13.5%-52.1%0.580.263.7x4530%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=70
12.8%-41.8%0.540.313.5x3742%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=37
4.3%-17.5%0.510.251.6x23%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=145
11.2%-48.6%0.500.233.0x1741%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.2
6.1%-78.5%0.350.081.8x4343%
MACD
fast=19, slow=67, signal=30
-4.9%-94.7%0.13-0.050.6x6653%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-7.9%-92.2%0.01-0.090.4x17948%
Buy and hold-21.4%-99.3%-0.11-0.220.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -25.8% (2016-11-24 → 2020-12-11), recovered after 1,488 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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