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EVgo Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of EVgo Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -33.3%).

Data 2020-11-20 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 1,470 (5.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -29.6%, drawdown -94.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 34.7%, MDD -51.8%, Sharpe 0.76, 34% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 64.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.6%p (CAGR 15.7%, MDD -33.3%, exposure 8%).

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=2.8
34.7%-51.8%0.760.675.7x3034%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2.5
24.1%-53.9%0.690.453.5x2810%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
21.5%-55.6%0.590.393.1x4545%
MACD
fast=17, slow=24, signal=16
18.7%-62.7%0.570.302.7x6550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.6
15.7%-33.3%0.530.472.4x168%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=22
14.4%-56.4%0.490.252.2x4627%
ROC 모멘텀
n=108, threshold=0.14
9.1%-64.5%0.400.141.7x2218%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=21
7.4%-75.6%0.390.101.5x3836%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=39
7.4%-71.7%0.390.101.5x4040%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=12, exitN=17
2.4%-75.3%0.340.031.1x4546%
Buy and hold-29.6%-94.3%0.02-0.310.1x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -94% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -51.8% (2022-04-04 → 2024-06-04), recovered after 834 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 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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