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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Viemed Healthcare, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Viemed Healthcare, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 28.4%, MDD -30.3%).

Data 2019-08-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,753 (7.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.5%, drawdown -69.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 28.4%, MDD -30.3%, Sharpe 0.92, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 20.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.1%p (CAGR 28.4%, MDD -30.3%, exposure 48%).

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=14, mult=3.8
28.4%-30.3%0.920.945.7x2148%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=16
20.2%-30.5%0.780.663.6x4035%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=59
20.4%-35.7%0.740.573.6x4149%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=52, exitN=43
17.1%-36.6%0.670.473.0x1348%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=70
16.1%-39.5%0.640.412.8x2148%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=1.8
13.8%-32.7%0.610.422.5x2935%
ROC 모멘텀
n=52, threshold=0.03
12.5%-35.8%0.540.352.3x7147%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.1
8.1%-34.0%0.430.241.7x3133%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.1
5.0%-65.3%0.310.081.4x11451%
MACD
fast=24, slow=25, signal=14
-0.2%-69.3%0.16-0.001.0x9049%
Buy and hold7.5%-69.3%0.390.111.7x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -30.3% (2020-06-22 → 2021-01-29), recovered after 745 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 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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