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Vesuvius Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vesuvius Plc. 9 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 -16.3%).

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

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -14.7%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.3%, MDD -60.8%, Sharpe 0.30, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 20.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.2%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -16.3%, exposure 1%).

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=70, exitN=37
5.3%-60.8%0.300.097.2x8046%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.8
2.9%-32.9%0.210.092.9x487%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
1.0%-82.6%0.170.011.5x27454%
MACD
fast=16, slow=45, signal=22
0.5%-84.4%0.160.011.2x37848%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=87
-7.9%-99.5%0.16-0.080.0x8054%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=117
-9.1%-99.8%0.16-0.090.0x8752%
ROC 모멘텀
n=54, threshold=-0.07
-0.6%-85.2%0.14-0.010.8x38671%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.9
-19.0%-100.0%0.09-0.190.0x13457%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=1.1
-3.2%-89.7%0.01-0.040.3x27247%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=35
-0.0%-16.3%0.01-0.001.0x81%
Buy and hold-14.7%-100.0%0.16-0.150.0x1100%
0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 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% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -60.8% (1999-08-20 → 2003-05-27), recovered after 2,398 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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