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IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -39.6%).

Data 2019-05-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,807 (7.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.3%, drawdown -74.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 25.4%, MDD -39.6%, Sharpe 0.69, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 8.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.1%p (CAGR 25.4%, MDD -39.6%, exposure 57%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=158, threshold=0.07
25.4%-39.6%0.690.645.1x3957%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=47
20.2%-39.6%0.650.513.8x947%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=188
19.4%-44.2%0.600.443.6x959%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=28
19.6%-62.9%0.590.313.6x6653%
MACD
fast=15, slow=50, signal=24
19.4%-74.2%0.580.263.6x8049%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=15
18.0%-57.6%0.570.313.3x5951%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.3
17.8%-57.0%0.570.313.2x2756%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.08
10.1%-75.7%0.440.132.0x10049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=1.2
10.3%-70.0%0.440.152.0x4943%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=13, mult=2
4.1%-56.9%0.280.071.3x3017%
Buy and hold17.3%-74.6%0.570.233.2x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -39.6% (2020-06-17 → 2020-08-21), recovered after 216 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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