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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 15.8%, MDD -63.1%).

Data 1984-10-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 10,527 (41.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.0%, drawdown -82.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -70.7%, Sharpe 0.72, 67% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.9%p (CAGR 15.8%, MDD -63.1%, exposure 74%).

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=59, slow=109
17.8%-70.7%0.720.25922.9x8567%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=117
15.5%-59.3%0.650.26406.1x6171%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=79
15.8%-63.1%0.640.25457.4x6174%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.13
15.8%-81.4%0.620.19453.0x16586%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=24, mult=4
7.9%-48.4%0.490.1623.7x10334%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=27
5.7%-36.8%0.490.1510.0x6110%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=5
9.4%-71.0%0.470.1342.3x13365%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3.4
2.7%-34.4%0.320.083.0x246%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
1.5%-77.5%0.190.021.9x72657%
MACD
fast=8, slow=26, signal=10
0.5%-78.3%0.150.011.2x92450%
Buy and hold21.0%-82.7%0.680.252853.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 1985 1991 1997 2003 2009 2015 2021 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -70.7% (2005-12-21 → 2009-03-05), recovered after 2,987 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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