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Renew Holdings plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Renew Holdings plc. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.3%, MDD -43.2%).

Data 1988-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,766 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.8%, drawdown -99.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -71.8%, Sharpe 0.71, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 19.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.9%p (CAGR 10.3%, MDD -43.2%, exposure 19%).

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=2.8
17.8%-71.8%0.710.25508.8x30451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.24
14.1%-69.7%0.580.20152.2x69451%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=9, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.7
10.3%-43.2%0.560.2441.8x26419%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=21
10.9%-57.9%0.490.1952.1x23158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.4
8.1%-51.5%0.460.1619.7x32821%
ROC 모멘텀
n=30, threshold=-0.08
7.9%-71.2%0.390.1118.3x38179%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=11
7.0%-74.3%0.380.0913.2x43348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=29
7.2%-66.3%0.380.1114.1x37952%
MACD
fast=19, slow=39, signal=20
7.2%-71.4%0.370.1013.9x37551%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=67
5.3%-75.6%0.320.077.1x14953%
Buy and hold-1.8%-99.6%0.20-0.020.5x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 100x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -71.8% (2007-08-06 → 2010-11-29), recovered after 2,368 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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