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XP Power Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of XP Power Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -34.3%).

Data 2000-07-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,633 (26.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.1%, drawdown -93.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.2%, MDD -53.3%, Sharpe 0.70, 47% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -82.0%, exposure 52%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 11.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.5%p (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -34.3%, exposure 25%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=205
15.2%-53.3%0.700.2839.7x2147%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=150, exitN=69
14.8%-63.9%0.690.2336.6x2144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=177
15.8%-53.1%0.680.3045.7x2954%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=2.4
16.6%-82.0%0.660.2054.3x17452%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.9
10.6%-34.3%0.640.3113.9x5425%
ROC 모멘텀
n=168, threshold=0.07
13.3%-64.6%0.610.2125.7x12547%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.4
8.4%-37.5%0.580.228.2x4817%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=18
9.8%-52.5%0.580.1911.3x9426%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.08
12.0%-79.3%0.520.1519.2x38052%
MACD
fast=16, slow=51, signal=14
5.8%-85.1%0.340.074.4x27052%
Buy and hold4.1%-93.8%0.310.042.9x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendEMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrendEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -53.3% (2011-03-07 → 2013-02-26), recovered after 2,408 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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