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NRC Health backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NRC Health. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 3.1%, MDD -7.3%).

Data 2013-05-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,317 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.2%, drawdown -85.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -12.6%, Sharpe 0.77, 10% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.6%, MDD -55.5%, exposure 44%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 7.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 73.0%p (CAGR 3.1%, MDD -7.3%, exposure 2%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=24, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.9
7.3%-12.6%0.770.582.5x1210%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=3.5
3.1%-7.3%0.620.421.5x22%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=27
4.4%-15.9%0.610.281.8x66%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=0.23
5.0%-31.7%0.410.161.9x6818%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=69, slow=303
7.6%-55.5%0.410.142.6x744%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=95, slow=155
6.4%-66.2%0.370.102.3x944%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=131, exitN=5
3.0%-29.3%0.350.101.5x269%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=2.6
1.6%-66.1%0.190.021.2x8050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-2.5%-71.3%0.04-0.030.7x11050%
MACD
fast=16, slow=58, signal=16
-3.8%-80.1%-0.02-0.050.6x16052%
Buy and hold-0.2%-85.6%0.20-0.001.0x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -12.6% (2019-07-31 → 2025-11-14), recovered after 2,305 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 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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