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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2003-03-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,920 (23.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.6%, drawdown -68.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.9%, MDD -69.3%, Sharpe 0.52, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=8, threshold=-0.15
11.9%-69.3%0.520.1713.7x2999%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=219
8.2%-45.1%0.470.186.3x2967%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=7, exitN=64
9.2%-71.7%0.450.137.8x7189%
MACD
fast=33, slow=50, signal=31
7.9%-37.4%0.450.215.9x15651%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=119
7.7%-51.9%0.420.155.6x5169%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=32
1.0%-12.9%0.230.081.3x307%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=3.6
2.7%-61.8%0.230.041.8x12263%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.7
0.7%-8.2%0.230.081.2x103%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=2.8
1.1%-34.3%0.160.031.3x5812%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-0.4%-64.2%0.09-0.010.9x21056%
Buy and hold13.6%-68.0%0.550.2019.6x1100%
1x 10x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -69.3% (2007-06-01 → 2009-03-09), recovered after 1,725 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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