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LightPath Technologies, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of LightPath Technologies, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.8%, MDD -79.6%).

Data 1996-02-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,659 (30.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -4.2%, drawdown -99.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -80.4%, Sharpe 0.45, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.6%p (CAGR 7.8%, MDD -79.6%, exposure 25%).

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=170, threshold=0.13
11.5%-80.4%0.450.1427.6x16936%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=199
8.7%-87.2%0.430.1012.7x8441%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=34, exitN=37
7.5%-92.9%0.430.089.2x9047%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.5
8.4%-83.8%0.400.1011.8x9224%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=68
5.9%-93.2%0.390.065.8x9239%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=16, mult=2
7.8%-79.6%0.390.109.9x13425%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=14
3.3%-92.1%0.360.042.7x36242%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3
1.7%-94.0%0.350.021.7x18844%
MACD
fast=20, slow=56, signal=17
-5.9%-99.7%0.28-0.060.2x30451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.24
-6.9%-99.9%0.21-0.070.1x47443%
Buy and hold-4.2%-99.9%0.43-0.040.3x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -80.4% (2006-02-07 → 2020-03-30), recovered after 7,171 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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