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Admiral Group plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Admiral Group plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2004-09-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,532 (21.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -55.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -46.4%, Sharpe 0.50, 85% exposure.

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
entryN=14, exitN=72
10.2%-46.4%0.500.228.3x5385%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.11
8.5%-59.9%0.450.146.0x9386%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=100
7.5%-39.4%0.430.194.9x4367%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=202
7.1%-46.4%0.410.154.5x3766%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=36
1.5%-17.2%0.330.091.4x144%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.6
3.1%-50.6%0.260.061.9x11946%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
2.3%-65.1%0.210.031.6x7360%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.8
0.0%-64.6%0.060.001.0x5927%
MACD
fast=21, slow=23, signal=24
-1.3%-70.5%0.05-0.020.8x25552%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
-2.5%-84.0%-0.02-0.030.6x19556%
Buy and hold12.5%-55.1%0.550.2313.1x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -41% -55% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.4% (2007-04-03 → 2009-06-12), recovered after 1,254 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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