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Trainline Plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Trainline Plc. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -4.9%).

Data 2019-06-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,797 (7.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -7.5%, drawdown -71.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.2%, MDD -47.0%, Sharpe 0.49, 40% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 18.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.2%p (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -4.9%, exposure 1%).

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=22, mult=2.8
11.2%-47.0%0.490.242.1x2740%
ROC 모멘텀
n=3, threshold=0.1
5.2%-15.2%0.400.341.4x603%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2.9
1.5%-4.9%0.350.301.1x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.4
1.5%-6.9%0.330.221.1x21%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=13, exitN=16
0.7%-58.9%0.180.011.1x4148%
MACD
fast=7, slow=19, signal=19
-6.4%-73.6%-0.02-0.090.6x13348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=66
-5.0%-58.5%-0.04-0.090.7x2942%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=17
-3.8%-44.1%-0.07-0.090.8x7028%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=25
-6.7%-65.4%-0.12-0.100.6x4343%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.16
-16.9%-83.8%-0.36-0.200.3x25348%
Buy and hold-7.5%-71.2%0.11-0.110.6x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -53% -71% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -47.0% (2022-08-04 → 2023-12-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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