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Rio Tinto plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rio Tinto plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -64.2%).

Data 1988-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,765 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.3%, drawdown -85.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -64.2%, Sharpe 0.39, 79% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.9%p (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -64.2%, exposure 79%).

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=23, exitN=75
7.4%-64.2%0.390.1115.0x9179%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=3.5
1.6%-17.9%0.270.091.8x144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=201
2.9%-60.2%0.240.053.0x7559%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=141
2.6%-63.8%0.220.042.7x8561%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=3.8
1.8%-53.8%0.190.032.0x25853%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=0.12
0.2%-68.8%0.100.001.1x33233%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.4
0.1%-52.4%0.080.001.0x13822%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=29
0.2%-53.6%0.070.001.1x12413%
MACD
fast=34, slow=50, signal=17
-2.2%-88.5%0.03-0.020.4x37052%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
-7.0%-95.0%-0.19-0.070.1x81652%
Buy and hold8.3%-85.2%0.400.1020.6x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -85% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.2% (2010-04-06 → 2016-02-25), recovered after 3,926 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 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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