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Gevo, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Gevo, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -52.9%).

Data 2011-02-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,891 (15.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -51.2%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -62.7%, Sharpe 0.42, 3% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 60.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.3%p (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -52.9%, exposure 3%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.7
9.3%-62.7%0.420.154.0x83%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=38
8.5%-52.9%0.400.163.5x83%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=148
6.6%-76.4%0.370.092.7x2420%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=192
5.0%-79.0%0.310.062.1x615%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=30
-2.3%-93.7%0.24-0.020.7x1815%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3.5
-1.3%-89.5%0.21-0.010.8x2210%
ROC 모멘텀
n=86, threshold=0.14
-6.7%-95.1%0.17-0.070.3x9818%
MACD
fast=11, slow=39, signal=8
-35.0%-100.0%0.07-0.350.0x30254%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=2.9
-16.6%-98.8%-0.00-0.170.1x8625%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.44
-37.9%-100.0%-0.11-0.380.0x23839%
Buy and hold-51.2%-100.0%0.02-0.510.0x1100%
0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.7% (2012-02-06 → 2020-12-07), recovered after 3,248 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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