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Aurora Innovation, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aurora Innovation, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.9%, MDD -40.8%).

Data 2021-05-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,313 (5.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -8.1%, drawdown -93.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 27.9%, MDD -65.1%, Sharpe 0.68, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 36.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.2%p (CAGR 6.9%, MDD -40.8%, exposure 5%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=105, threshold=-0.02
27.9%-65.1%0.680.433.6x3944%
MACD
fast=17, slow=51, signal=17
17.7%-74.8%0.570.242.3x5247%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=1, slow=129
16.8%-63.9%0.550.262.2x4338%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=214
16.0%-55.3%0.540.292.2x937%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=9
10.9%-80.0%0.490.141.7x5755%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=19
8.6%-69.7%0.450.121.5x2850%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.3
9.8%-51.0%0.420.191.6x1810%
Supertrend
period=32, mult=4.7
6.9%-51.2%0.390.141.4x1833%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.3
6.9%-40.8%0.350.171.4x85%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.2
-4.6%-70.6%0.24-0.060.8x11044%
Buy and hold-8.1%-93.3%0.33-0.090.6x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -65.1% (2023-09-06 → 2024-03-11), recovered after 457 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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