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Beazley Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Beazley Plc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -37.7%).

Data 2002-11-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,019 (23.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.5%, drawdown -54.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -37.7%, Sharpe 0.60, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.0%p (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -37.7%, exposure 84%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=302, threshold=-0.14
12.9%-37.7%0.600.3417.8x3984%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=300
11.0%-35.4%0.550.3111.8x1571%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=298
10.2%-36.7%0.550.289.9x1771%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=74
7.9%-59.4%0.410.136.0x4984%
MACD
fast=24, slow=31, signal=29
3.6%-45.3%0.270.082.3x21250%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
0.5%-8.7%0.200.051.1x41%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=65, threshold=17
0.5%-10.0%0.150.051.1x74%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3
0.7%-60.1%0.130.011.2x14760%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-0.7%-69.2%0.08-0.010.8x21360%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.4
-0.9%-58.1%-0.00-0.010.8x9130%
Buy and hold12.5%-54.8%0.540.2316.5x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -27% -41% -55% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -37.7% (2019-10-01 → 2021-06-18), recovered after 1,025 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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