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Signet Jewelers Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Signet Jewelers Limited. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -49.1%).

Data 1988-07-14 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 9,604 (38.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.3%, drawdown -97.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.6%, MDD -71.8%, Sharpe 0.38, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.7%p (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -49.1%, exposure 22%).

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=84, exitN=73
7.6%-71.8%0.380.1116.3x6049%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=131
5.6%-77.8%0.340.078.0x12053%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.9
5.3%-49.1%0.340.117.1x9222%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=143
5.6%-77.3%0.330.077.9x9254%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=17
2.7%-86.4%0.270.032.8x9829%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.9
3.2%-66.1%0.250.053.4x6418%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.4
-2.3%-92.2%0.20-0.020.4x21455%
ROC 모멘텀
n=78, threshold=0.1
-1.8%-87.3%0.14-0.020.5x48235%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-4.0%-87.5%0.14-0.050.2x29052%
MACD
fast=17, slow=87, signal=28
-15.0%-100.0%-0.01-0.150.0x34853%
Buy and hold-0.3%-97.5%0.35-0.000.9x1100%
0.1 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% -24% -49% -73% -97% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -71.8% (2014-12-29 → 2020-09-21), recovered after 2,271 days.

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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