Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Bausch Health Companies Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bausch Health Companies Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -45.5%).

Data 1996-04-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,620 (30.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.1%, drawdown -98.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -58.3%, Sharpe 0.53, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 10.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.1%p (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -45.5%, exposure 33%).

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=48, exitN=19
10.8%-58.3%0.530.1922.4x10536%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.1
8.5%-60.1%0.440.1411.8x14137%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.1
7.3%-45.5%0.410.168.5x11933%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=190
8.1%-81.9%0.400.1010.5x5055%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=190
7.5%-85.3%0.390.099.0x4455%
MACD
fast=23, slow=47, signal=26
7.5%-72.3%0.390.108.9x24352%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.8
7.1%-71.0%0.370.108.1x15355%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.9%-88.7%0.340.075.6x24552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=20
4.9%-57.1%0.310.094.3x27032%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0.05
4.2%-82.9%0.290.053.5x27450%
Buy and hold-0.1%-98.4%0.27-0.001.0x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.3% (2000-11-10 → 2005-08-19), recovered after 3,794 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 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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