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Cabaletta Bio, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cabaletta Bio, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 38.1%, MDD -18.1%).

Data 2019-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,699 (6.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -17.7%, drawdown -96.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 38.1%, MDD -18.1%, Sharpe 1.03, 6% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 55.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.5%p (CAGR 38.1%, MDD -18.1%, exposure 6%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=16, mult=4
38.1%-18.1%1.032.108.9x46%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=49
28.7%-18.1%1.021.585.5x23%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=3.5
33.4%-44.9%0.900.747.0x88%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=49
29.8%-56.3%0.720.535.8x2843%
ROC 모멘텀
n=98, threshold=-0.03
23.4%-84.6%0.700.284.1x3649%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=103
22.7%-78.5%0.700.294.0x846%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=32, exitN=62
18.6%-85.4%0.650.223.2x1054%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=3.1
4.5%-80.4%0.390.061.3x3638%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.22
-15.0%-93.9%0.25-0.160.3x19748%
MACD
fast=17, slow=44, signal=19
-13.3%-96.4%0.21-0.140.4x6454%
Buy and hold-17.7%-96.6%0.39-0.180.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -97% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -18.1% (2022-11-03 → 2022-11-09), recovered after 8 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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