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Arvinas, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Arvinas, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 31.6%, MDD -32.7%).

Data 2018-09-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,970 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -8.5%, drawdown -94.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 31.6%, MDD -32.7%, Sharpe 0.79, 16% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 40.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 61.7%p (CAGR 31.6%, MDD -32.7%, exposure 16%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=28
31.6%-32.7%0.790.978.6x3416%
ROC 모멘텀
n=71, threshold=0.14
26.2%-43.5%0.680.606.2x6628%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.1
22.5%-51.8%0.630.444.9x1815%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.4
22.0%-76.0%0.600.294.8x3437%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=24, k=1.1
21.8%-58.2%0.590.374.7x8235%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=71
20.9%-39.8%0.590.534.4x1035%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=127
17.6%-58.0%0.530.303.6x1636%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=132
17.5%-66.8%0.530.263.6x2438%
MACD
fast=11, slow=14, signal=12
15.1%-86.3%0.520.183.0x15351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.12
13.9%-80.9%0.470.172.8x17047%
Buy and hold-8.5%-94.4%0.26-0.090.5x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -32.7% (2021-01-19 → 2023-11-09), recovered after 1,051 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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