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Cerus Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cerus Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-01-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,420 (29.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.7%, drawdown -99.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -90.9%, Sharpe 0.41, 45% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=28, mult=2.2
8.9%-90.9%0.410.1012.5x26845%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
7.8%-89.1%0.390.099.1x22750%
MACD
fast=22, slow=28, signal=37
6.8%-81.4%0.380.086.9x24255%
ROC 모멘텀
n=149, threshold=0.1
4.8%-85.6%0.320.064.0x25540%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.7
4.2%-87.3%0.300.053.4x14735%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=72
2.2%-84.7%0.260.031.9x3541%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=7
0.6%-91.1%0.250.011.2x31953%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=186
1.1%-80.6%0.250.011.4x4946%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.9
1.9%-82.7%0.230.021.7x17630%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=172
-2.7%-93.3%0.15-0.030.4x6145%
Buy and hold-5.7%-99.3%0.25-0.060.2x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -90.9% (2018-06-20 → 2025-11-18), 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 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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