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Standard Chartered PLC backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Standard Chartered PLC. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -60.7%).

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

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -81.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.1%, MDD -75.0%, Sharpe 0.46, 87% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 6.8%p (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -60.7%, exposure 59%).

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=11, exitN=76
10.1%-75.0%0.460.1339.2x11387%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=181
6.7%-60.7%0.390.1111.8x6959%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=127
6.0%-67.2%0.360.099.2x7560%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
4.2%-68.1%0.330.064.8x10428%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=-0.02
4.4%-79.0%0.300.065.2x34365%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=13
3.2%-77.1%0.260.043.3x22732%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.8
2.2%-78.6%0.210.032.3x15940%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.5
1.3%-80.7%0.170.021.7x25753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-0.7%-93.8%0.09-0.010.8x31354%
MACD
fast=16, slow=46, signal=19
-2.1%-92.4%0.04-0.020.4x43851%
Buy and hold8.7%-81.9%0.410.1123.9x1100%
1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -75.0% (2010-11-05 → 2020-10-29), 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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