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Capital Gearing Trust PLC GBP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Capital Gearing Trust PLC GBP. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 11.4%, MDD -41.2%).

Data 1973-02-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 13,768 (53.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.6%, drawdown -98.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -58.1%, Sharpe 0.61, 77% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -41.2%, exposure 65%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 5.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.7%p (CAGR 11.4%, MDD -41.2%, exposure 65%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=442
10.8%-58.1%0.610.19243.8x4777%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=271
10.5%-64.5%0.600.16207.4x3777%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
11.4%-41.2%0.550.28315.2x17165%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.5
9.5%-41.2%0.490.23129.4x15829%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=2.8
8.8%-41.2%0.460.2189.9x22233%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=36, threshold=-0.11
9.2%-96.0%0.440.10111.8x5196%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.44
8.5%-58.4%0.430.1579.7x31563%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=9, threshold=39
7.5%-41.2%0.410.1848.4x28229%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=71
7.6%-86.0%0.400.0950.4x7568%
MACD
fast=14, slow=54, signal=18
-0.8%-94.3%0.13-0.010.7x55951%
Buy and hold5.6%-98.8%0.380.0618.1x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 SupertrendSMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 1974 1981 1988 1995 2002 2009 2016 2023 Buy and holdSupertrendSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -58.1% (1989-08-08 → 1992-03-12), recovered after 3,194 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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