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Tronox Holdings plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tronox Holdings plc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -2.0%).

Data 2010-12-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,939 (15.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.3%, drawdown -92.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 15.4%, MDD -44.5%, Sharpe 0.61, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 21.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.8%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -2.0%, 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=37, k=1.5
15.4%-44.5%0.610.359.5x9237%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.4
12.6%-34.9%0.580.366.4x6426%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=43
12.4%-53.8%0.510.236.2x4847%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=33
11.6%-63.5%0.480.185.6x5448%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=104
9.2%-63.4%0.430.154.0x4045%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=2.3
9.5%-67.2%0.420.144.2x14648%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=37
0.5%-2.0%0.390.231.1x21%
ROC 모멘텀
n=51, threshold=0.07
4.5%-53.7%0.300.082.0x19838%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.2
-0.2%-79.9%0.19-0.001.0x34451%
MACD
fast=20, slow=45, signal=24
-1.6%-87.0%0.19-0.020.8x13951%
Buy and hold-6.3%-92.4%0.21-0.070.4x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -44.5% (2019-04-23 → 2020-07-30), recovered after 640 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 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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