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AMN Healthcare Services Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -46.7%).

Data 2001-11-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,217 (24.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.8%, drawdown -90.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 12.2%, MDD -73.1%, Sharpe 0.52, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 10.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.9%p (CAGR 5.8%, MDD -46.7%, exposure 36%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=36, exitN=54
12.2%-73.1%0.520.1717.1x5159%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=122
8.9%-58.7%0.430.158.1x4954%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=67
8.6%-64.1%0.420.137.8x4956%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
8.0%-70.1%0.410.116.7x7151%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=-0.01
7.1%-63.4%0.380.115.4x21956%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.9
5.8%-46.7%0.360.124.1x9336%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=11
5.2%-74.2%0.330.073.5x18141%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.6
5.1%-74.4%0.320.073.4x13741%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-2.0%-80.4%0.08-0.030.6x20254%
MACD
fast=18, slow=57, signal=18
-7.2%-92.2%-0.06-0.080.2x26453%
Buy and hold1.8%-90.0%0.270.021.5x1100%
1x 10x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -90% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -73.1% (2021-10-12 → 2026-02-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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