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Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Scottish American Investment Company P.L.C.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 6.2%, MDD -60.7%).

Data 1970-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 14,592 (56.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.5%, drawdown -79.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.2%, MDD -60.7%, Sharpe 0.40, 94% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.9%p (CAGR 6.2%, MDD -60.7%, exposure 94%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=-0.15
6.2%-60.7%0.400.1029.3x9194%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=138
2.9%-46.3%0.260.064.9x10967%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=48
3.3%-80.4%0.240.046.1x27986%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=176
2.4%-49.3%0.240.053.9x12165%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=38
0.9%-43.5%0.140.021.7x5216%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.6
0.5%-69.5%0.110.011.3x35562%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
0.2%-41.9%0.080.011.1x15630%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-0.0%-66.4%0.07-0.001.0x36158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.7
0.1%-66.6%0.070.001.0x13720%
MACD
fast=13, slow=36, signal=19
-1.4%-83.1%0.00-0.020.4x70550%
Buy and hold6.5%-79.6%0.370.0834.6x1100%
1x 10x 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -60.7% (2000-09-05 → 2003-04-01), recovered after 3,717 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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