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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 7.0%, MDD -45.5%).

Data 1996-04-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,640 (30.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.4%, drawdown -98.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -58.3%, Sharpe 0.51, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 10.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.1%p (CAGR 7.0%, 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
10.4%-58.3%0.510.1820.4x10536%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.1
8.1%-60.1%0.430.1410.8x14137%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=190
7.8%-81.9%0.390.109.9x5155%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.1
7.0%-45.5%0.390.157.7x11933%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=190
7.2%-86.1%0.380.088.3x4555%
MACD
fast=23, slow=47, signal=26
7.1%-72.3%0.380.108.1x24352%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.8
6.8%-71.0%0.360.107.3x15355%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.5%-88.7%0.330.065.1x24553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=20
4.6%-57.1%0.300.083.9x27132%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0.05
3.9%-82.9%0.280.053.2x27850%
Buy and hold-0.4%-98.4%0.27-0.000.9x1100%
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 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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