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Luceco PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Luceco PLC. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 24.2%, MDD -36.1%).

Data 2016-10-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,473 (9.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.6%, drawdown -87.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 35.5%, MDD -49.2%, Sharpe 1.00, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 31.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 38.5%p (CAGR 24.2%, MDD -36.1%, exposure 41%).

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
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.6
35.5%-49.2%1.000.7219.5x4656%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=1.6
30.5%-51.1%0.960.6013.6x9839%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=18
29.9%-59.2%0.880.5012.9x14251%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.7
22.5%-39.8%0.870.577.3x2231%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=22
24.2%-36.1%0.820.678.3x10641%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=14
23.0%-52.6%0.810.447.6x4038%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
22.4%-69.9%0.740.327.2x8051%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=0.12
18.6%-49.1%0.690.385.3x5338%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=79
18.4%-61.6%0.650.305.2x2554%
MACD
fast=12, slow=56, signal=21
10.9%-81.0%0.460.142.8x10252%
Buy and hold3.6%-87.7%0.370.041.4x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.2% (2021-08-27 → 2022-11-30), recovered after 1,018 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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