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Yellow Cake Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Yellow Cake Plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2018-07-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,040 (8.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.9%, drawdown -48.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 1.9%, MDD -4.8%, Sharpe 0.59, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.8%, MDD -40.8%, exposure 55%.

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=3
1.9%-4.8%0.590.401.2x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=184
7.8%-40.8%0.420.191.8x1655%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=48, exitN=6
5.6%-20.1%0.410.281.6x3616%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=213
7.5%-34.4%0.400.221.8x859%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=26
2.9%-11.6%0.390.251.3x67%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.01
6.7%-42.3%0.370.161.7x5859%
MACD
fast=20, slow=29, signal=18
5.0%-32.0%0.320.161.5x9547%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.08
3.8%-49.7%0.270.081.4x18552%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.9
2.5%-25.0%0.250.101.2x1012%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.1
0.4%-43.6%0.140.011.0x2848%
Buy and hold12.9%-48.2%0.520.272.7x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -36% -48% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -4.8% (2018-08-24 → 2018-09-04), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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