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MacroGenics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MacroGenics, 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 5.3%, MDD -39.2%).

Data 2013-10-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,220 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.9%, drawdown -97.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.5%, MDD -62.8%, Sharpe 0.45, 21% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 24.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.6%p (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -39.2%, exposure 7%).

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=61, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.1
10.5%-62.8%0.450.173.6x2221%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=50
9.2%-79.9%0.360.123.1x8044%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=30
5.3%-39.2%0.360.141.9x147%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.9
9.9%-65.6%0.320.153.3x3411%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=34
4.7%-70.3%0.300.071.8x1824%
ROC 모멘텀
n=36, threshold=0.13
6.1%-68.5%0.290.092.1x15826%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.18
-2.5%-82.7%0.25-0.030.7x44247%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=2.5
-0.6%-74.9%0.23-0.010.9x10641%
MACD
fast=16, slow=43, signal=7
-5.6%-88.2%0.22-0.060.5x23450%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=28
-4.0%-87.3%0.14-0.050.6x6443%
Buy and hold-13.9%-97.4%0.28-0.140.1x1100%
0.1 1x 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% -24% -49% -73% -97% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.8% (2018-03-07 → 2020-05-29), recovered after 2,154 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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