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CONMED Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CONMED Corporation. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -57.3%).

Data 1987-07-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,830 (39.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.0%, drawdown -79.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.9%, MDD -67.2%, Sharpe 0.50, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.3%p (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -57.3%, exposure 58%).

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=24, slow=69
11.9%-67.2%0.500.1880.4x14956%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=49
10.6%-57.8%0.490.1851.6x7150%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=127
10.7%-57.3%0.480.1953.3x10558%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=55, threshold=7
8.8%-66.5%0.420.1326.9x29356%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=86, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.3
6.8%-54.7%0.410.1213.1x8934%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
8.3%-65.8%0.400.1322.2x9758%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=2.9
5.0%-44.0%0.360.116.7x7716%
ROC 모멘텀
n=132, threshold=0.07
5.1%-78.9%0.310.066.8x27748%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.3
-1.8%-95.1%0.12-0.020.5x67354%
MACD
fast=16, slow=59, signal=12
-3.5%-85.1%0.07-0.040.2x49952%
Buy and hold8.0%-79.6%0.410.1020.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -67.2% (2021-05-03 → 2026-07-23), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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