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Rank Group Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rank Group Plc. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -52.7%).

Data 1988-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,766 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.6%, drawdown -93.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.6%, MDD -55.1%, Sharpe 0.23, 33% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.9%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -52.7%, exposure 16%).

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=106, exitN=73
2.6%-55.1%0.230.052.7x4633%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.4
1.7%-55.6%0.180.031.9x10221%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.4
0.9%-66.6%0.140.011.4x12024%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
-0.9%-84.2%0.08-0.010.7x15949%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=99
-1.0%-71.8%0.07-0.010.7x18548%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=31
-0.0%-52.7%0.06-0.001.0x1616%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=91
-1.4%-76.4%0.05-0.020.6x12449%
MACD
fast=28, slow=55, signal=16
-7.1%-98.7%-0.15-0.070.1x37351%
ROC 모멘텀
n=97, threshold=-0.02
-6.5%-96.0%-0.16-0.070.1x46153%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-7.5%-98.5%-0.18-0.080.1x64848%
Buy and hold-3.6%-93.0%0.09-0.040.2x1100%
1x 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% -23% -47% -70% -93% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.1% (1989-07-11 → 2000-09-22), recovered after 7,562 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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