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Cerillion Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cerillion Plc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 37.8%, MDD -31.3%).

Data 2016-03-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,619 (10.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 27.5%, drawdown -49.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 37.8%, MDD -31.3%, Sharpe 1.38, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 10.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.9%p (CAGR 37.8%, MDD -31.3%, exposure 51%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.28
37.8%-31.3%1.381.2127.8x22451%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3.2
11.6%-10.4%1.041.113.1x1610%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=4, threshold=18
22.8%-37.0%0.930.628.4x39250%
MACD
fast=4, slow=23, signal=15
18.4%-30.9%0.850.605.8x22148%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=13, mult=1.8
13.0%-24.4%0.830.533.5x6223%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=3.1
19.0%-46.1%0.780.416.1x6258%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=89, slow=186
19.9%-34.6%0.770.586.6x1068%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=262
18.7%-46.4%0.720.405.9x1073%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=-0.04
15.1%-50.4%0.620.304.3x6677%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=64
13.7%-63.6%0.550.223.8x2490%
Buy and hold27.5%-49.2%0.840.5612.4x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -25% -37% -49% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -31.3% (2021-08-12 → 2022-03-08), recovered after 439 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward 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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