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Mitchells & Butlers plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mitchells & Butlers plc. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -7.9%).

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

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.5%, drawdown -88.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -49.7%, Sharpe 0.42, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.0%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -7.9%, exposure 1%).

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
n=146, threshold=-0.12
7.9%-49.7%0.420.165.9x7173%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=59, exitN=69
5.2%-64.7%0.340.083.3x4554%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=129
4.9%-52.9%0.320.093.1x9553%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=3
5.3%-55.3%0.320.093.3x11753%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=65
4.8%-61.6%0.320.083.0x7355%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=1.7
4.3%-53.4%0.300.082.7x13538%
MACD
fast=17, slow=34, signal=18
4.3%-49.5%0.280.092.6x25951%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.4
3.7%-52.2%0.270.072.3x14738%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=37
0.5%-7.9%0.150.061.1x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-0.8%-68.2%0.10-0.010.8x21551%
Buy and hold0.5%-88.8%0.210.011.1x1100%
1x 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% -22% -44% -67% -89% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -49.7% (2019-11-20 → 2020-10-14), recovered after 443 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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