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Aon plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aon plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1980-06-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,635 (46.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.2%, drawdown -70.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -63.5%, Sharpe 0.50, 98% 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
entryN=2, exitN=189
10.2%-63.5%0.500.1689.2x5998%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=273
5.1%-62.5%0.350.089.9x6068%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=177
4.2%-69.6%0.300.066.6x6770%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.5
3.1%-49.1%0.260.064.1x19358%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.04
2.6%-78.3%0.230.033.2x33375%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=38
0.4%-5.7%0.210.071.2x41%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=3
0.4%-8.0%0.190.041.2x141%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=7, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.3
0.9%-20.6%0.190.041.5x864%
MACD
fast=18, slow=48, signal=17
-2.0%-74.7%-0.02-0.030.4x52351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-2.9%-84.7%-0.05-0.030.3x61556%
Buy and hold11.2%-70.7%0.530.16133.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.5% (1998-07-06 → 2002-08-08), recovered after 2,808 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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