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Cue Biopharma, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cue Biopharma, Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.5%, MDD -51.9%).

Data 2018-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,156 (8.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -25.9%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 16.0%, MDD -54.8%, Sharpe 0.49, 15% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 41.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.6%p (CAGR 6.5%, MDD -51.9%, exposure 5%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=28
16.0%-54.8%0.490.293.6x4815%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.5
8.5%-54.9%0.380.152.0x1314%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.5
-0.7%-90.4%0.34-0.010.9x3950%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=13, exitN=13
-0.3%-86.8%0.33-0.001.0x5745%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=3.5
6.5%-51.9%0.330.131.7x45%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=96
0.9%-85.4%0.300.011.1x2139%
MACD
fast=17, slow=72, signal=51
-6.5%-94.7%0.29-0.070.6x5052%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=0.04
-4.9%-92.0%0.25-0.050.6x9335%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=216
0.2%-73.8%0.190.001.0x916%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-29.0%-97.0%-0.14-0.300.1x8142%
Buy and hold-25.9%-99.4%0.18-0.260.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -54.8% (2020-06-02 → 2024-08-26), recovered after 1,602 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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