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Rit Capital Partners PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rit Capital Partners PLC. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1988-06-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,775 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.3%, drawdown -40.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.4%, MDD -40.3%, Sharpe 0.56, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=4, threshold=-0.12
9.4%-40.3%0.560.2331.1x3100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=137
7.3%-35.8%0.560.2014.8x6567%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=269
7.4%-37.3%0.550.2015.3x3372%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=21
3.2%-13.3%0.530.243.3x7218%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=31, exitN=87
6.6%-47.1%0.490.1411.6x6582%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
1.8%-27.5%0.350.072.0x8114%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
3.0%-57.3%0.280.053.1x16166%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3.5
1.0%-27.5%0.250.041.5x309%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
0.4%-74.7%0.100.011.2x29759%
MACD
fast=15, slow=55, signal=18
-3.2%-91.6%-0.20-0.030.3x47551%
Buy and hold9.3%-40.3%0.560.2330.0x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -30% -40% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -40.3% (1989-07-13 → 1990-08-23), recovered after 1,406 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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