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Entain PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Entain PLC. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 2.2%, MDD -23.8%).

Data 2004-12-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,469 (21.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.8%, drawdown -91.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.9%, MDD -44.4%, Sharpe 0.59, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 14.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.1%p (CAGR 2.2%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 2%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=10, exitN=10
14.9%-44.4%0.590.3420.0x19955%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=3.6
12.4%-58.1%0.530.2112.4x10858%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
10.7%-47.2%0.480.239.0x25752%
ROC 모멘텀
n=15, threshold=-0.05
11.1%-68.9%0.470.169.8x39173%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=113
9.9%-70.5%0.470.147.7x5054%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=202
9.0%-62.0%0.470.156.4x4049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3.5
2.2%-23.8%0.400.091.6x122%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.3
6.9%-56.8%0.380.124.2x17240%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=20
4.6%-57.8%0.300.082.7x48045%
MACD
fast=7, slow=59, signal=15
3.0%-67.3%0.250.041.9x32549%
Buy and hold0.8%-91.4%0.240.011.2x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -91% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -44.4% (2014-09-30 → 2019-04-02), recovered after 2,059 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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