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Beam Therapeutics Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Beam Therapeutics Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.6%, MDD -20.6%).

Data 2020-02-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,629 (6.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.8%, drawdown -89.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.4%, MDD -71.6%, Sharpe 0.56, 33% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.5%p (CAGR 4.6%, MDD -20.6%, exposure 2%).

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=27, mult=4
17.4%-71.6%0.560.242.8x2433%
MACD
fast=17, slow=48, signal=14
12.9%-76.8%0.490.172.2x8051%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=118
11.9%-74.9%0.470.162.1x1545%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=131
8.4%-77.0%0.410.111.7x740%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=35
4.6%-20.6%0.390.221.3x22%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=1.9
7.9%-58.8%0.390.141.6x4827%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=106, exitN=7
6.0%-57.2%0.340.111.5x1410%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.9
5.5%-61.3%0.340.091.4x4024%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.04
0.9%-83.2%0.290.011.1x6446%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.08
-3.2%-84.4%0.22-0.040.8x14846%
Buy and hold4.8%-89.1%0.450.051.4x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -71.6% (2024-02-27 → 2026-07-21), 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 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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