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Fevertree Drinks PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fevertree Drinks PLC. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 15.5%, MDD -32.6%).

Data 2014-11-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,963 (11.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.1%, drawdown -84.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 22.7%, MDD -33.2%, Sharpe 0.88, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 7.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 51.3%p (CAGR 15.5%, MDD -32.6%, exposure 34%).

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=34, exitN=24
22.7%-33.2%0.880.6811.0x3052%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=63
20.6%-48.0%0.780.439.0x2359%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=3.3
7.6%-19.7%0.760.382.4x1013%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=0.21
15.5%-32.6%0.750.475.4x4834%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.7
20.0%-44.9%0.740.458.5x2661%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=106
18.9%-47.5%0.730.407.6x2158%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.5
8.1%-18.0%0.670.452.5x2415%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=14
13.1%-57.4%0.630.234.2x7641%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
0.5%-70.9%0.160.011.1x21153%
MACD
fast=9, slow=28, signal=7
-2.3%-87.8%0.07-0.030.8x28348%
Buy and hold15.1%-84.5%0.540.185.2x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -85% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -33.2% (2018-09-10 → 2020-04-21), recovered after 626 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 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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