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J D Wetherspoon plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of J D Wetherspoon plc. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.0%, MDD -44.2%).

Data 1992-10-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,637 (33.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -77.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.8%, MDD -11.8%, Sharpe 0.99, 10% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.0%, MDD -44.2%, exposure 59%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 65.7%p (CAGR 11.0%, MDD -44.2%, exposure 59%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.7
5.8%-11.8%0.990.496.6x6410%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=128
11.0%-44.2%0.610.2533.9x6959%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=20
6.5%-39.7%0.610.168.3x9626%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=58
10.6%-54.4%0.590.2030.3x9161%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=79, exitN=62
10.2%-49.2%0.590.2126.7x5554%
ROC 모멘텀
n=120, threshold=0.03
9.8%-51.9%0.570.1923.4x19156%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.5
3.3%-24.7%0.490.132.9x3710%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=5
7.9%-51.6%0.460.1513.1x12558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.28
1.3%-93.9%0.170.011.6x69352%
MACD
fast=24, slow=38, signal=7
0.8%-90.4%0.150.011.3x48549%
Buy and hold10.0%-77.5%0.460.1325.2x1100%
1x 10x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -39% -58% -78% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -11.8% (2003-05-13 → 2013-08-02), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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