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Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -72.9%).

Data 2016-03-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,604 (10.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.7%, drawdown -97.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 25.0%, MDD -74.1%, Sharpe 0.60, 37% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Parabolic SAR — CAGR 27.0%, MDD -79.9%, exposure 45%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 25.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.9%p (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -72.9%, exposure 18%).

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=37, mult=3.9
25.0%-74.1%0.600.3410.1x3337%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.055, maxStep=0.38
27.0%-79.9%0.580.3411.9x38445%
MACD
fast=7, slow=65, signal=15
17.2%-92.0%0.520.195.2x16049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.7
17.9%-81.2%0.520.225.5x3221%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=74, exitN=9
10.7%-72.9%0.460.152.9x3018%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=14
9.9%-86.2%0.430.122.7x10837%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=27, mult=3
8.9%-75.1%0.420.122.4x2818%
ROC 모멘텀
n=8, threshold=0.12
11.5%-79.4%0.400.143.1x23417%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=79
2.4%-94.9%0.350.021.3x3245%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=215
-8.6%-95.9%0.18-0.090.4x3136%
Buy and hold-0.7%-97.0%0.44-0.010.9x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Parabolic SARSupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Parabolic SAR (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -48% -73% -97% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdParabolic SARSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -74.1% (2016-10-05 → 2021-09-14), recovered after 2,408 days.

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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