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Celcuity Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Celcuity Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 46.0%, MDD -43.5%).

Data 2017-09-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,227 (8.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.4%, drawdown -85.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 46.5%, MDD -64.6%, Sharpe 0.77, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 24.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.0%p (CAGR 46.0%, MDD -43.5%, exposure 48%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=56
46.5%-64.6%0.770.7229.5x1253%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=91
46.0%-43.5%0.761.0628.5x2248%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.2
41.7%-50.3%0.720.8321.9x4039%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=-0.02
37.3%-64.8%0.680.5816.6x5851%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=86
34.2%-56.3%0.650.6113.5x2047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.5
15.0%-30.0%0.650.503.4x149%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=25
15.7%-37.7%0.620.423.7x2018%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.3
30.7%-64.7%0.620.4710.7x3445%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
17.3%-82.2%0.470.214.1x20850%
MACD
fast=17, slow=49, signal=18
12.2%-72.6%0.410.172.8x8849%
Buy and hold22.4%-85.6%0.580.266.0x1100%
1x 10x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.6% (2018-09-20 → 2020-09-14), recovered after 853 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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