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Vertical Aerospace Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vertical Aerospace Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.1%, MDD -20.6%).

Data 2020-11-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,442 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -53.2%, drawdown -99.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 4.1%, MDD -20.6%, Sharpe 0.29, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 57.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.4%p (CAGR 4.1%, MDD -20.6%, 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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=10, k=2.9
4.1%-20.6%0.290.201.3x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
-10.8%-83.6%0.16-0.130.5x7236%
ROC 모멘텀
n=7, threshold=0.14
-7.4%-53.3%0.08-0.140.6x9212%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=2.6
-16.7%-75.0%0.04-0.220.3x3840%
MACD
fast=14, slow=43, signal=11
-23.5%-90.2%0.02-0.260.2x7847%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=27, mult=2.3
-9.0%-59.2%0.02-0.150.6x2411%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=34
-27.3%-86.1%-0.14-0.320.2x2243%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=16
-30.6%-89.1%-0.27-0.340.1x3626%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=38
-36.1%-92.6%-0.41-0.390.1x5036%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=29
-40.0%-95.1%-0.55-0.420.1x4036%
Buy and hold-53.2%-99.1%-0.28-0.540.0x1100%
0.1 1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -20.6% (2022-04-12 → 2022-04-20), recovered after 100 days.

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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