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nVent Electric plc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of nVent Electric plc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 20.9%, MDD -28.9%).

Data 2018-04-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,079 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 26.1%, drawdown -57.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 20.9%, MDD -28.9%, Sharpe 0.86, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 5.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.6%p (CAGR 20.9%, MDD -28.9%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=200, threshold=0.05
20.9%-28.9%0.860.724.8x2759%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=101, exitN=74
16.4%-27.5%0.730.603.5x1151%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=199
18.0%-42.2%0.730.433.9x2167%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=3.7
16.5%-33.7%0.690.493.5x4067%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=92
16.3%-42.6%0.690.383.5x2765%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=72, k=1.6
12.9%-30.1%0.660.432.7x3049%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
11.6%-35.1%0.540.332.5x16857%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.5
8.4%-28.8%0.530.291.9x2434%
MACD
fast=18, slow=22, signal=16
10.6%-44.1%0.520.242.3x11048%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=16
2.4%-49.7%0.220.051.2x13847%
Buy and hold26.1%-57.5%0.790.456.8x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -29% -43% -57% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -28.9% (2024-05-24 → 2024-08-07), recovered after 434 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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