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Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -37.1%).

Data 1987-11-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,920 (38.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.9%, drawdown -70.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.6%, MDD -37.1%, Sharpe 0.78, 56% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -44.4%, exposure 71%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.4%p (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -37.1%, exposure 56%).

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
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
11.6%-37.1%0.780.3169.5x18756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=36, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.9
9.0%-34.2%0.770.2628.4x16633%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=55
11.4%-36.1%0.740.3164.2x10161%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=71
11.7%-44.4%0.710.2672.2x7971%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=131
10.2%-40.4%0.680.2542.9x12559%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.2
7.6%-42.1%0.670.1817.2x19034%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
10.0%-48.0%0.670.2139.6x48055%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=15
7.7%-34.0%0.640.2317.8x24036%
ROC 모멘텀
n=66, threshold=-0.04
8.4%-57.3%0.540.1522.7x31372%
MACD
fast=8, slow=56, signal=16
5.7%-62.2%0.430.098.7x56052%
Buy and hold11.9%-70.6%0.500.1776.3x1100%
1x 10x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -35% -53% -71% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -37.1% (2000-02-17 → 2001-06-29), recovered after 1,245 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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