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Oscar Health, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Oscar Health, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 42.3%, MDD -44.5%).

Data 2021-03-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,360 (5.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.1%, drawdown -94.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 66.4%, MDD -44.9%, Sharpe 1.24, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 68.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.3%p (CAGR 42.3%, MDD -44.5%, exposure 25%).

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=13, threshold=0.01
66.4%-44.9%1.241.4815.7x10644%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=1.1
47.9%-54.8%1.040.878.3x7538%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=20
42.3%-44.5%1.000.956.7x1325%
MACD
fast=6, slow=51, signal=4
51.8%-50.5%0.981.039.6x14350%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=1.3
42.0%-60.4%0.930.706.7x9542%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
39.4%-54.3%0.880.736.0x7146%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.1
32.0%-47.5%0.870.674.5x2329%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=86, exitN=39
23.3%-53.7%0.680.433.1x726%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=146
24.7%-47.3%0.670.523.3x1340%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=42
20.6%-55.7%0.600.372.7x1541%
Buy and hold-2.1%-94.2%0.36-0.020.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -44.9% (2024-09-19 → 2025-04-08), recovered after 599 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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