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Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.7%, MDD -46.2%).

Data 1996-12-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,560 (29.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.0%, drawdown -90.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.5%, MDD -58.0%, Sharpe 0.76, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.9%p (CAGR 12.7%, MDD -46.2%, exposure 66%).

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=98, exitN=70
13.5%-58.0%0.760.2342.2x3762%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=91
12.7%-46.2%0.710.2834.7x13466%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.8
8.4%-37.5%0.600.2211.0x12842%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.2
5.2%-25.3%0.590.214.5x2813%
ROC 모멘텀
n=54, threshold=0
8.3%-56.6%0.510.1510.6x33864%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=72
5.4%-93.1%0.470.064.8x14065%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=31
3.4%-20.7%0.440.162.7x147%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=1.8
7.2%-92.9%0.210.087.8x51659%
MACD
fast=13, slow=96, signal=23
6.3%-92.0%0.210.076.1x29451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
3.9%-94.8%0.190.043.1x45457%
Buy and hold15.0%-90.9%0.300.1763.3x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -91% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.0% (2000-03-10 → 2003-03-12), recovered after 3,330 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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