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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -32.3%).

Data 2005-09-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,251 (20.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.7%, drawdown -81.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.7%, MDD -52.9%, Sharpe 0.61, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.6%p (CAGR 11.7%, MDD -32.3%, exposure 64%).

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=23, mult=3.5
12.7%-52.9%0.610.2412.1x10362%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=105
11.7%-32.3%0.610.3610.0x7164%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=46
10.5%-34.5%0.560.308.0x5164%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=91, exitN=96
9.0%-42.9%0.510.216.0x2763%
ROC 모멘텀
n=89, threshold=0.04
8.6%-42.4%0.500.205.6x16554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.3
6.1%-35.8%0.430.173.5x10744%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=62, k=1.8
6.1%-28.6%0.430.213.4x7942%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
6.7%-50.3%0.380.133.8x18960%
MACD
fast=20, slow=57, signal=24
6.5%-43.2%0.370.153.7x18951%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=11
3.4%-52.7%0.270.062.0x22751%
Buy and hold13.7%-81.5%0.520.1714.7x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -52.9% (2007-06-19 → 2009-03-20), recovered after 1,039 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 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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