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TBC Bank Group Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of TBC Bank Group Plc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 96% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -40.0%).

Data 2016-08-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,520 (10.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.1%, drawdown -66.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.6%, MDD -61.5%, Sharpe 0.72, 96% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 5.0%p (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -40.0%, exposure 61%).

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
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
entryN=1, exitN=65
20.6%-61.5%0.720.336.5x3196%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=76, slow=103
15.7%-40.0%0.670.394.3x2761%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=79
7.9%-47.0%0.420.172.1x2762%
MACD
fast=11, slow=48, signal=12
7.1%-53.2%0.400.132.0x13549%
ROC 모멘텀
n=96, threshold=0.04
5.4%-50.6%0.340.111.7x11152%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.6
5.3%-45.6%0.330.121.7x3458%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=3
2.8%-25.0%0.290.111.3x2414%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.26
3.9%-61.9%0.280.061.5x17552%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.8
1.6%-13.1%0.250.121.2x85%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=37
0.7%-9.3%0.170.071.1x42%
Buy and hold16.1%-66.5%0.580.244.4x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -67% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.5% (2018-04-06 → 2020-04-03), recovered after 1,476 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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