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Computacenter Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Computacenter Plc. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -49.8%).

Data 1998-05-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,187 (28.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.0%, drawdown -96.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.0%, MDD -71.2%, Sharpe 0.44, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 4.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.1%p (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -49.8%, exposure 30%).

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=14, mult=2.5
9.0%-71.2%0.440.1311.5x24356%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=78, exitN=51
7.8%-52.0%0.410.158.2x5352%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=64, k=2.4
5.8%-49.8%0.380.124.9x7130%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=65
5.8%-78.6%0.340.074.9x11954%
ROC 모멘텀
n=73, threshold=-0.04
5.7%-62.9%0.330.094.8x25963%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=82
5.6%-60.5%0.330.094.6x9355%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.9
5.0%-55.6%0.320.093.9x13737%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=25
3.1%-27.3%0.310.112.3x499%
MACD
fast=18, slow=27, signal=17
-0.2%-87.6%0.14-0.000.9x33350%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.24
-5.7%-96.0%-0.06-0.060.2x83752%
Buy and hold5.0%-96.3%0.320.053.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -71.2% (2001-11-15 → 2009-01-09), recovered after 4,164 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 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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