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Lowland Investment Co PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lowland Investment Co PLC. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 9.0%, MDD -28.6%).

Data 1970-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 14,592 (56.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.1%, drawdown -91.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -32.8%, Sharpe 0.73, 33% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 9.0%, MDD -28.6%, exposure 40%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 1.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 58.5%p (CAGR 9.0%, MDD -28.6%, exposure 40%).

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=28, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
8.1%-32.8%0.730.2583.0x14433%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=24
9.0%-28.6%0.730.32132.8x22840%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=2.7
7.3%-31.1%0.660.2354.0x19731%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=259
5.6%-90.0%0.470.0622.3x9166%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=2.7
5.2%-93.0%0.450.0617.6x39159%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=176
5.1%-92.2%0.450.0616.9x13364%
ROC 모멘텀
n=151, threshold=-0.08
5.0%-94.6%0.420.0515.7x16380%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.1
4.2%-95.6%0.400.0410.5x63157%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=7
4.0%-92.1%0.390.049.0x39545%
MACD
fast=17, slow=53, signal=17
4.9%-95.7%0.160.0514.8x50349%
Buy and hold9.1%-91.2%0.200.10136.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 ADX / DI 방향성Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -68% -91% 1971 1978 1985 1992 1999 2006 2013 2020 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.8% (1987-08-28 → 1988-10-17), recovered after 1,266 days.

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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