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Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.4%, MDD -37.2%).

Data 1997-11-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,215 (28.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.1%, drawdown -85.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -37.2%, Sharpe 0.56, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 48.7%p (CAGR 11.4%, MDD -37.2%, exposure 60%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=186
11.4%-37.2%0.560.3021.9x3760%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=-0.03
11.3%-42.1%0.540.2721.5x13967%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=190
11.0%-40.3%0.540.2720.1x2964%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=3.5
8.1%-61.3%0.420.139.2x17058%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=12, mult=3
6.1%-45.3%0.420.145.5x10535%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=31
6.0%-74.0%0.350.085.4x14768%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.8
4.8%-53.5%0.330.093.8x12141%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=21
3.5%-33.5%0.320.112.7x8417%
MACD
fast=18, slow=37, signal=18
3.9%-83.1%0.280.053.0x33249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.14
3.4%-80.3%0.260.042.6x38456%
Buy and hold11.1%-85.9%0.460.1320.7x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -37.2% (2000-03-23 → 2000-05-25), recovered after 134 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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