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Guardant Health, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Guardant Health, Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 24.7%, MDD -39.1%).

Data 2018-10-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,965 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.9%, drawdown -91.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 29.3%, MDD -46.9%, Sharpe 0.83, 43% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 6.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.1%p (CAGR 24.7%, MDD -39.1%, exposure 43%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=11
29.3%-46.9%0.830.627.5x7143%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.1
25.2%-44.9%0.810.565.8x1930%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=2.5
19.9%-44.9%0.760.444.1x3420%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=69
27.7%-67.9%0.760.416.8x4154%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=38
27.5%-59.3%0.750.466.7x6154%
ROC 모멘텀
n=69, threshold=0.13
24.7%-39.1%0.740.635.6x5343%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.1
24.8%-56.9%0.710.445.6x4849%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=47, exitN=29
22.2%-54.2%0.680.414.8x2145%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.3
22.2%-65.5%0.660.344.8x18952%
MACD
fast=11, slow=22, signal=19
14.6%-79.2%0.520.182.9x12053%
Buy and hold22.9%-91.0%0.640.255.0x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -68% -91% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -46.9% (2019-03-15 → 2022-07-18), recovered after 1,950 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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