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agilon health, inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of agilon health, inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 16.4%, MDD -10.6%).

Data 2021-04-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,330 (5.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -33.3%, drawdown -99.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 16.4%, MDD -10.6%, Sharpe 0.92, 4% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 37.6%, MDD -59.3%, exposure 31%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 49.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 88.6%p (CAGR 16.4%, MDD -10.6%, exposure 4%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=32
16.4%-10.6%0.921.542.2x24%
ROC 모멘텀
n=37, threshold=0.08
37.6%-59.3%0.730.635.4x5431%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=2.7
32.4%-27.4%0.681.184.4x1213%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
28.0%-23.2%0.621.213.7x25%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.32
19.3%-76.6%0.590.252.5x13250%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.6
19.9%-82.9%0.540.242.6x1736%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=100
16.6%-48.4%0.480.342.3x1725%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=30, exitN=41
11.7%-69.1%0.440.171.8x1946%
MACD
fast=16, slow=25, signal=17
5.3%-86.4%0.400.061.3x5856%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=205
7.7%-64.4%0.350.121.5x919%
Buy and hold-33.3%-99.3%0.07-0.340.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -10.6% (2026-06-01 → 2026-06-03), recovered after 3 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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