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Medacta Group SA backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Medacta Group SA. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -30.3%).

Data 2019-04-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,840 (7.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SIXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.4%, drawdown -54.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -30.3%, Sharpe 0.51, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.2%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -30.3%, 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
Supertrend
period=35, mult=4.5
9.3%-30.3%0.510.311.9x1859%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=154
7.1%-42.6%0.420.171.7x1057%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=52
5.1%-33.7%0.350.151.4x1044%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=210
5.2%-43.5%0.340.121.5x862%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=0
4.3%-42.0%0.300.101.4x4857%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=64, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.1
-2.2%-33.1%0.01-0.070.8x5248%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.9
-1.7%-30.9%0.00-0.050.9x2632%
MACD
fast=6, slow=12, signal=17
-5.6%-61.6%-0.12-0.090.7x18550%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.14
-7.6%-61.8%-0.20-0.120.6x19552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=38
-0.8%-10.8%-0.20-0.070.9x21%
Buy and hold4.4%-54.6%0.300.081.4x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -27% -41% -55% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -30.3% (2019-06-21 → 2020-04-15), recovered after 397 days.

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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