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Option Care Health, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Option Care Health, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -58.0%).

Data 1996-08-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,537 (30.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.6%, drawdown -95.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 9.4%, MDD -79.5%, Sharpe 0.42, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.4%p (CAGR 3.8%, MDD -58.0%, exposure 14%).

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=31, slow=69, signal=14
9.4%-79.5%0.420.1214.9x24351%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.7
7.6%-61.4%0.390.128.9x6321%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=11, mult=4
5.9%-58.2%0.350.105.5x4617%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.1
2.9%-89.8%0.290.032.4x71550%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=106, exitN=32
3.8%-78.4%0.270.053.1x5626%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=102
2.4%-80.0%0.270.032.0x9249%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=166
2.0%-91.4%0.270.021.8x6450%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=22
3.8%-58.0%0.270.073.1x8414%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=1.6
1.0%-92.7%0.250.011.4x42850%
ROC 모멘텀
n=124, threshold=0.04
1.2%-89.4%0.240.011.4x34246%
Buy and hold-2.6%-95.8%0.32-0.030.5x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -79.5% (2000-01-26 → 2000-11-29), recovered after 482 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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