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STS Global Income & Growth Trust PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of STS Global Income & Growth Trust PLC. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1970-01-01 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 14,634 (56.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -61.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.9%, MDD -62.1%, Sharpe 0.36, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.15
5.9%-62.1%0.360.1026.5x13100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=215
2.8%-47.7%0.260.064.7x7062%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=212
2.2%-43.2%0.220.053.5x9865%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=44, exitN=78
2.3%-43.9%0.210.053.6x12273%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=22
0.4%-45.3%0.090.011.3x10222%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=11, mult=4
0.4%-48.3%0.090.011.3x11620%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.7
-0.3%-55.6%0.05-0.000.9x23862%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.5
-0.0%-46.8%0.05-0.001.0x7217%
MACD
fast=17, slow=44, signal=15
-1.3%-87.5%0.00-0.010.5x64449%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-2.0%-74.0%-0.07-0.030.3x35659%
Buy and hold6.1%-61.0%0.360.1028.2x1100%
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% -16% -31% -47% -62% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -62.1% (1973-01-30 → 1975-01-02), recovered after 1,704 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 120 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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