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Medicover AB Class B backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Medicover AB Class B. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.7%, MDD -41.4%).

Data 2017-05-23 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 2,352 (9.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue OMXSTOMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.8%, drawdown -69.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.7%, MDD -41.4%, Sharpe 0.69, 67% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.2%p (CAGR 16.7%, MDD -41.4%, exposure 67%).

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
Supertrend
period=21, mult=4.7
16.7%-41.4%0.690.404.2x1967%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=86
15.3%-45.8%0.650.333.8x2158%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=62
15.8%-54.7%0.650.294.0x1571%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=71, k=1.2
13.5%-31.5%0.650.433.3x3547%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=66
13.4%-50.0%0.590.273.3x2563%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=9
12.6%-48.1%0.570.263.0x12558%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.03
11.6%-37.1%0.560.312.8x9353%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.6
1.6%-4.2%0.520.391.2x21%
MACD
fast=17, slow=59, signal=10
2.7%-55.5%0.230.051.3x11946%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-1.1%-61.8%0.09-0.020.9x17353%
Buy and hold15.8%-69.6%0.580.233.9x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -70% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -41.4% (2020-02-17 → 2020-06-11), recovered after 305 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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