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Merit Medical Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Merit Medical Systems, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -57.5%).

Data 1990-05-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,120 (36.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.6%, drawdown -80.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -57.5%, Sharpe 0.52, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.3%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -57.5%, exposure 52%).

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
MACD
fast=27, slow=43, signal=30
13.3%-57.5%0.520.2391.8x25152%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.04
7.9%-70.9%0.390.1115.7x41755%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=65
7.6%-85.8%0.390.0914.4x9171%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=37
3.8%-33.7%0.380.113.8x164%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=2.8
7.0%-79.0%0.370.0911.5x22351%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=1.9
6.3%-79.1%0.350.089.1x28934%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=189
6.2%-89.6%0.350.078.8x5253%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=171
4.7%-83.2%0.310.065.2x6454%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.7
2.7%-40.3%0.250.072.7x6515%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.05
-3.1%-97.2%0.09-0.030.3x38549%
Buy and hold13.6%-80.7%0.510.17100.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -61% -81% 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -57.5% (1996-05-20 → 2001-01-29), recovered after 1,912 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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