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Softcat Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Softcat Plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -34.2%).

Data 2015-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,706 (10.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.7%, drawdown -52.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.7%, MDD -34.2%, Sharpe 0.73, 66% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.0%p (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -34.2%, exposure 66%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=62
15.7%-34.2%0.730.464.8x1566%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=81, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.8
13.0%-34.0%0.710.383.7x3544%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3
8.7%-22.5%0.670.392.5x2120%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=91
12.6%-41.7%0.640.303.6x4158%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=157
12.4%-41.7%0.620.303.5x2957%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=5
11.9%-53.5%0.600.223.3x2555%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=40, threshold=9
10.8%-33.0%0.590.333.0x7951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=0.12
6.7%-48.2%0.460.142.0x11532%
MACD
fast=22, slow=37, signal=11
6.1%-64.0%0.380.101.9x13249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.14
1.2%-58.6%0.170.021.1x28552%
Buy and hold19.7%-52.2%0.720.386.9x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -26% -39% -52% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -34.2% (2024-06-24 → 2026-05-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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