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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.4%, MDD -62.4%).

Data 2004-06-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,577 (22.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.4%, drawdown -83.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.1%, MDD -73.4%, Sharpe 0.54, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.2%p (CAGR 14.4%, MDD -62.4%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=111
15.1%-73.4%0.540.2122.6x2062%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=229
14.4%-62.4%0.520.2319.7x2258%
ROC 모멘텀
n=89, threshold=-0.01
13.3%-69.1%0.500.1916.1x20454%
MACD
fast=8, slow=23, signal=18
10.6%-73.6%0.440.149.3x36450%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=137
9.6%-66.9%0.420.147.6x4051%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3.1
7.0%-38.5%0.400.184.5x3818%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.7
7.5%-64.3%0.370.125.0x8428%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
3.6%-85.4%0.290.042.2x6853%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.08
3.5%-77.9%0.270.052.2x35251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=40
1.1%-19.3%0.240.061.3x41%
Buy and hold16.4%-83.6%0.540.2029.2x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -84% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -73.4% (2015-06-22 → 2017-04-05), recovered after 1,855 days.

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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