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Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -71.9%).

Data 2013-05-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,318 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -15.5%, drawdown -97.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.4%, MDD -71.9%, Sharpe 0.37, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 18.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.8%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -71.9%, exposure 47%).

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=11, mult=1.9
3.4%-71.9%0.370.051.5x15447%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
-0.9%-91.4%0.31-0.010.9x16047%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=218
-1.9%-91.5%0.28-0.020.8x1631%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=130
-13.9%-96.6%0.24-0.140.1x3473%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=7, threshold=15
-6.8%-90.4%0.22-0.080.4x40650%
MACD
fast=14, slow=34, signal=11
-9.6%-93.0%0.18-0.100.3x19654%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=89
-9.7%-89.9%0.18-0.110.3x4045%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.1
-7.5%-89.4%0.18-0.080.4x12431%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=10, k=0.5
-9.4%-95.7%0.16-0.100.3x47642%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.01
-11.2%-93.2%0.15-0.120.2x14444%
Buy and hold-15.5%-97.7%0.30-0.160.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -71.9% (2020-07-27 → 2026-06-11), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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