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Datavault AI Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Datavault AI Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -48.2%).

Data 2018-07-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,013 (8.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -85.1%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -48.2%, Sharpe 0.31, 5% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 90.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 51.8%p (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -48.2%, exposure 4%).

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=62, exitN=9
5.4%-48.2%0.310.111.5x85%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
4.5%-48.2%0.290.091.4x44%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=3.5
4.0%-66.3%0.280.061.4x64%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=29
2.2%-60.2%0.250.041.2x126%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=84
1.1%-68.9%0.250.021.1x610%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=0.01
-10.2%-84.8%0.11-0.120.4x4014%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=185
-8.0%-84.8%0.10-0.090.5x413%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.6
-11.5%-87.8%0.09-0.130.4x1217%
MACD
fast=19, slow=57, signal=19
-71.2%-100.0%-0.27-0.710.0x5363%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.16
-54.5%-99.9%-0.44-0.550.0x19833%
Buy and hold-85.1%-100.0%-0.49-0.850.0x1100%
0.000001 0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -48.2% (2025-10-24 → 2025-11-05), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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