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Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation. 10 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 27.3%, MDD -54.6%).

Data 2018-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,109 (8.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -17.3%, drawdown -98.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 42.3%, MDD -67.1%, Sharpe 0.66, 19% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 59.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.8%p (CAGR 27.3%, MDD -54.6%, exposure 17%).

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=19, threshold=25
42.3%-67.1%0.660.6319.3x2819%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=92
24.8%-73.0%0.640.346.4x1646%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=29
21.4%-69.5%0.640.315.1x1034%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.4
27.3%-54.6%0.600.507.6x1817%
ROC 모멘텀
n=82, threshold=0.06
19.6%-78.7%0.570.254.5x4226%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=33, mult=2.3
21.1%-70.2%0.540.305.0x4028%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.08
23.3%-68.7%0.530.345.8x14444%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=219
15.2%-67.3%0.530.233.3x535%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=5
11.8%-90.3%0.460.132.6x2249%
MACD
fast=7, slow=27, signal=15
-0.2%-94.5%0.36-0.001.0x15952%
Buy and hold-17.3%-98.9%0.29-0.180.2x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 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% -49% -74% -99% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -67.1% (2022-03-29 → 2023-08-07), recovered after 1,354 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 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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