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Balfour Beatty plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Balfour Beatty plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -71.2%).

Data 1988-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,766 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.1%, drawdown -92.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 2.0%, MDD -12.9%, Sharpe 0.35, 6% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 2.9%, MDD -71.2%, exposure 54%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 80.0%p (CAGR 2.9%, MDD -71.2%, exposure 54%).

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=28, k=3.4
2.0%-12.9%0.350.152.1x246%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=106
2.9%-71.2%0.240.043.0x10154%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=95
2.8%-73.0%0.230.042.9x9555%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=57
1.5%-73.7%0.180.021.8x7552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=23
0.9%-37.8%0.150.021.4x285%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.5
0.4%-86.6%0.130.001.2x23959%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=27, mult=4
0.1%-53.4%0.070.001.1x9619%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=0.01
-1.9%-88.9%0.01-0.020.5x50752%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-2.5%-87.0%-0.01-0.030.4x31453%
MACD
fast=20, slow=40, signal=17
-3.6%-86.3%-0.06-0.040.2x44650%
Buy and hold3.1%-92.8%0.250.033.2x1100%
1x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -12.9% (1999-04-29 → 2000-10-26), recovered after 558 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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