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Brookdale Senior Living Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Brookdale Senior Living Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -43.1%).

Data 2005-11-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,203 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.7%, drawdown -96.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.3%, MDD -43.9%, Sharpe 0.60, 40% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 17.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 52.8%p (CAGR 5.0%, MDD -43.1%, exposure 18%).

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=80, exitN=49
14.3%-43.9%0.600.3315.8x2940%
ROC 모멘텀
n=109, threshold=0.13
11.8%-50.4%0.560.2310.1x13035%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=99
10.5%-51.5%0.490.207.9x3550%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=169
8.4%-49.2%0.420.175.3x3350%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
8.3%-81.1%0.400.105.2x5951%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=16
6.3%-43.8%0.380.143.5x7426%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.9
5.0%-43.1%0.340.122.8x3518%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.5
4.1%-65.2%0.290.062.3x10616%
MACD
fast=17, slow=64, signal=31
-0.5%-86.3%0.18-0.010.9x18751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.28
-2.8%-93.5%0.12-0.030.6x71650%
Buy and hold-2.7%-96.7%0.23-0.030.6x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -73% -97% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -43.9% (2014-07-23 → 2020-11-05), recovered after 2,375 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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