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CQS New City High Yield Fund Ltd GBP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CQS New City High Yield Fund Ltd GBP. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2004-12-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,477 (21.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.4%, drawdown -60.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.17, 0% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -4.6%, exposure 0%.

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=49
0.1%-0.5%0.170.141.0x20%
ROC 모멘텀
n=54, threshold=0.18
0.1%-4.6%0.080.021.0x80%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=160
-0.2%-30.9%0.02-0.011.0x5151%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.6
-0.4%-39.4%0.01-0.010.9x6858%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=113, exitN=65
-0.4%-34.9%-0.02-0.010.9x2839%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=112
-0.7%-38.1%-0.04-0.020.9x5152%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.4
-0.5%-17.4%-0.11-0.030.9x6213%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=3.5
-0.3%-10.0%-0.19-0.030.9x82%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-3.5%-59.4%-0.28-0.060.5x15852%
MACD
fast=17, slow=23, signal=14
-7.2%-81.4%-0.67-0.090.2x33453%
Buy and hold0.4%-60.5%0.110.011.1x1100%
1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -15% -30% -45% -61% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2005-02-24 → 2005-02-25), recovered after 4 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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