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Abbott Laboratories backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Abbott Laboratories. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -46.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.6%, MDD -43.2%, Sharpe 0.48, 89% 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=-0.12
8.6%-43.2%0.480.2046.5x15289%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=211
7.8%-45.8%0.480.1732.2x7470%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=114
6.9%-55.3%0.440.1322.5x7871%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=76
7.5%-54.7%0.440.1428.1x11187%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=5
3.5%-41.7%0.280.095.0x13560%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.1
0.3%-37.6%0.080.011.2x5012%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=46
0.1%-11.2%0.080.011.1x60%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.2%-78.1%0.02-0.020.6x41758%
MACD
fast=25, slow=31, signal=19
-1.5%-69.0%-0.00-0.020.5x52552%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.1
-1.0%-71.8%-0.02-0.010.6x17531%
Buy and hold12.2%-46.3%0.580.26209.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -43.2% (2002-01-31 → 2011-01-31), recovered after 4,135 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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