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Senior plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Senior plc. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 6.9%, MDD -51.7%).

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

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.4%, drawdown -92.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.6%, MDD -63.2%, Sharpe 0.39, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.5%p (CAGR 6.9%, MDD -51.7%, exposure 45%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=197
7.6%-63.2%0.390.1216.4x7757%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=94, exitN=51
6.9%-51.7%0.390.1312.8x6745%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=146
6.9%-64.9%0.370.1112.8x6358%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=87, k=1.5
5.8%-65.2%0.360.098.5x12340%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.9
3.8%-57.8%0.300.074.1x7923%
ROC 모멘텀
n=150, threshold=-0.01
3.2%-77.3%0.250.043.3x24361%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=20
3.0%-65.7%0.250.053.1x16726%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=5
3.0%-89.3%0.240.033.0x15757%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-0.2%-90.1%0.14-0.000.9x46153%
MACD
fast=18, slow=39, signal=19
-2.4%-95.7%0.08-0.020.4x41852%
Buy and hold4.4%-92.7%0.320.055.1x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -63.2% (1998-06-04 → 2002-07-15), recovered after 3,347 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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