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Georgia Capital Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Georgia Capital Plc. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -30.9%).

Data 2018-05-29 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 2,087 (8.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.0%, drawdown -72.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 28.8%, MDD -34.5%, Sharpe 1.17, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.2%p (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 56%).

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=11, mult=3.6
28.8%-34.5%1.170.848.1x2563%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=48
27.5%-30.9%1.150.897.4x1156%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=172
25.7%-39.7%1.070.656.6x959%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.03
23.9%-31.6%0.980.765.8x4167%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=154
21.2%-42.5%0.920.504.9x1560%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=22, mult=0.7
18.2%-37.1%0.860.494.0x6158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.7
15.7%-27.4%0.800.573.3x2347%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=24
11.6%-14.7%0.790.782.5x2426%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.32
11.9%-35.8%0.610.332.5x10755%
MACD
fast=7, slow=39, signal=10
9.5%-32.7%0.520.292.1x16349%
Buy and hold18.0%-72.6%0.640.253.9x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -54% -73% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.5% (2018-11-06 → 2020-10-30), recovered after 861 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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