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Pets At Home Group Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pets At Home Group Plc. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.3%, MDD -16.6%).

Data 2014-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,130 (12.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.0%, drawdown -67.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 3.3%, MDD -16.6%, Sharpe 0.58, 6% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 9.8%, MDD -38.0%, exposure 42%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 50.5%p (CAGR 3.3%, MDD -16.6%, exposure 6%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=27
3.3%-16.6%0.580.201.5x66%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.2
7.8%-25.3%0.580.312.5x1417%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=149
9.8%-38.0%0.510.263.2x1642%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=123
7.5%-38.0%0.420.202.5x1442%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=0.09
4.4%-34.8%0.320.131.7x8728%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=111, exitN=47
4.2%-48.5%0.310.091.7x1434%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.5
3.4%-38.4%0.280.091.5x2923%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
2.0%-52.3%0.200.041.3x2549%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.08
-8.5%-78.2%-0.21-0.110.3x24150%
MACD
fast=19, slow=41, signal=16
-11.5%-82.3%-0.36-0.140.2x16350%
Buy and hold-1.0%-67.1%0.15-0.020.9x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -34% -50% -67% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -16.6% (2019-09-12 → 2020-01-10), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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