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LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 14.8%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 2006-10-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,975 (19.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.1%, drawdown -75.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.8%, MDD -42.8%, Sharpe 0.57, 79% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.8%p (CAGR 14.8%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 79%).

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=47, exitN=101
14.8%-42.8%0.570.3515.5x2179%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=150
13.3%-36.4%0.550.3611.7x4562%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=233
11.9%-44.9%0.510.279.3x2168%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=5
9.2%-61.8%0.430.155.7x3863%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=-0.08
9.1%-56.2%0.430.165.6x10974%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.7
1.8%-47.4%0.200.041.4x9842%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=22
1.6%-40.0%0.200.041.4x2610%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=11, mult=2.2
0.9%-73.0%0.170.011.2x7241%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-3.3%-70.4%0.06-0.050.5x15455%
MACD
fast=18, slow=40, signal=12
-7.0%-84.4%-0.04-0.080.2x28951%
Buy and hold15.1%-75.7%0.530.2016.3x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.8% (2018-04-19 → 2019-06-03), recovered after 1,006 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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