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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Amgen Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Amgen Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1983-06-17 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 10,886 (43.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.9%, drawdown -78.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.5%, MDD -66.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 86% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=12, exitN=77
15.5%-66.8%0.600.23502.7x11386%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=219
12.7%-71.0%0.550.18177.0x6766%
ROC 모멘텀
n=173, threshold=-0.13
12.7%-78.9%0.530.16173.3x20185%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=195
11.9%-71.3%0.520.17129.5x6770%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
9.3%-65.2%0.470.1446.9x15355%
MACD
fast=19, slow=64, signal=26
9.1%-73.0%0.470.1243.0x37552%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.4
7.2%-50.7%0.450.1420.3x15930%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
7.4%-66.9%0.410.1122.2x35153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=27, mult=3.6
5.7%-56.5%0.380.1011.1x12927%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=39
1.8%-23.7%0.260.072.1x202%
Buy and hold17.9%-78.2%0.630.231243.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -78% 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -66.8% (2000-07-21 → 2008-04-28), recovered after 5,246 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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