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Severn Trent Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Severn Trent Plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1989-12-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,390 (36.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.8%, drawdown -58.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -58.9%, Sharpe 0.33, 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=1, threshold=-0.11
5.4%-58.9%0.330.096.9x9100%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=77, slow=191
2.2%-43.6%0.210.052.2x6164%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=99
1.8%-58.8%0.190.031.9x6581%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=194
1.4%-52.6%0.170.031.6x5765%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=49, threshold=30
0.1%-8.7%0.080.011.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=3.5
-1.3%-49.5%-0.12-0.030.6x287%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=5
-3.9%-80.4%-0.13-0.050.2x16055%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.44
-6.2%-91.7%-0.26-0.070.1x33554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.9
-1.8%-48.7%-0.31-0.040.5x544%
MACD
fast=17, slow=25, signal=16
-8.0%-96.0%-0.39-0.080.0x56351%
Buy and hold5.8%-58.9%0.350.107.9x1100%
1x 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -58.9% (1998-10-01 → 2000-02-08), recovered after 2,687 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 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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