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Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 14.5%, MDD -71.6%).

Data 2002-04-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,123 (24.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -4.0%, drawdown -99.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 14.2%, MDD -71.6%, Sharpe 0.53, 4% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 14.5%, MDD -71.6%, exposure 21%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 18.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.9%p (CAGR 14.5%, MDD -71.6%, exposure 21%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=24, threshold=0.26
14.2%-71.6%0.530.2025.5x744%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=17
14.5%-71.6%0.530.2026.7x10621%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.1
13.9%-78.1%0.510.1823.8x8155%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=127
10.4%-78.6%0.460.1311.2x6551%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=19, exitN=39
12.3%-72.8%0.460.1716.8x9166%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.5
9.4%-71.6%0.440.138.8x167%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=46
7.2%-79.6%0.370.095.4x9953%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
5.2%-71.8%0.310.073.4x4316%
MACD
fast=17, slow=69, signal=18
-5.1%-97.9%0.16-0.050.3x24755%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.24
-2.3%-87.3%0.13-0.030.6x68151%
Buy and hold-4.0%-99.5%0.24-0.040.4x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -71.6% (2003-05-14 → 2003-05-22), recovered after 34 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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