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Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -68.5%).

Data 1992-11-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,482 (33.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.6%, drawdown -95.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.7%, MDD -79.1%, Sharpe 0.41, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.9%p (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -68.5%, exposure 44%).

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=23, mult=4.4
8.7%-79.1%0.410.1116.5x10552%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=53, exitN=38
7.4%-68.5%0.380.1111.2x8544%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=165
7.3%-83.4%0.370.0910.6x7553%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=49
6.9%-80.7%0.370.099.5x10555%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
6.2%-83.1%0.350.087.7x25852%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=37
3.9%-35.6%0.330.113.6x506%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=3.2
3.7%-46.9%0.310.083.5x589%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.5
3.9%-71.4%0.280.053.6x8925%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0.03
0.6%-90.2%0.200.011.2x30751%
MACD
fast=17, slow=50, signal=15
-4.1%-88.4%0.10-0.050.2x43251%
Buy and hold5.6%-95.0%0.390.066.2x1100%
1x 10x 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -79.1% (2007-01-31 → 2011-11-09), recovered after 2,982 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 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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