SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · GB

Rockhopper Exploration plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rockhopper Exploration plc. 10 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 16.5%, MDD -73.4%).

Data 2005-08-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,300 (21.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.9%, drawdown -99.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -73.4%, Sharpe 0.56, 28% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.8%p (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -73.4%, 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=99, exitN=30
16.5%-73.4%0.560.2224.5x3228%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=1.5
15.2%-77.0%0.510.2019.3x11432%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.1
12.0%-80.7%0.450.1510.8x12434%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=185
11.0%-75.4%0.440.158.9x2946%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=211
10.3%-79.0%0.420.137.8x4847%
ROC 모멘텀
n=86, threshold=0.02
10.0%-87.3%0.420.117.4x21243%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.22
8.3%-92.8%0.390.095.4x66046%
MACD
fast=15, slow=47, signal=12
5.6%-88.7%0.340.063.2x25150%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
4.8%-97.7%0.340.052.7x4357%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=16
4.8%-89.5%0.300.052.7x9628%
Buy and hold0.9%-99.2%0.360.011.2x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -73.4% (2010-09-24 → 2024-10-15), recovered after 5,401 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.
Re-run the same setupMore GB assetsAll asset reports

Read next