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Bunzl plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bunzl plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

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 7.9%, drawdown -69.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -73.1%, Sharpe 0.42, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=5, threshold=-0.15
7.5%-73.1%0.420.1015.7x13100%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=3.3
1.8%-15.9%0.410.112.0x304%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=267
5.5%-43.8%0.390.137.7x3172%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=28, exitN=40
4.2%-36.0%0.330.124.9x14561%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=15, mult=1.2
2.8%-58.8%0.260.052.9x34545%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=192
2.5%-45.7%0.230.052.6x5962%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=3.7
2.3%-51.2%0.220.042.4x27756%
MACD
fast=17, slow=43, signal=13
1.1%-69.6%0.150.021.5x48551%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=17
-0.1%-35.9%0.04-0.001.0x22125%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
-2.4%-87.4%-0.05-0.030.4x64753%
Buy and hold7.9%-69.1%0.430.1117.9x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -73% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -73.1% (1989-03-08 → 1991-01-16), recovered after 2,312 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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