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Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Parabolic SAR (CAGR 30.4%, MDD -50.3%).

Data 2019-07-18 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,790 (7.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 32.4%, drawdown -63.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 37.5%, MDD -54.5%, Sharpe 0.77, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Parabolic SAR — CAGR is 5.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.3%p (CAGR 30.4%, MDD -50.3%, exposure 49%).

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
MACD
fast=13, slow=29, signal=20
37.5%-54.5%0.770.699.6x8046%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=123
37.4%-63.8%0.750.599.6x790%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=171
22.7%-50.3%0.700.454.3x2064%
ROC 모멘텀
n=13, threshold=-0.09
31.9%-57.4%0.690.557.2x12382%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
30.4%-50.3%0.680.606.6x6049%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=2.4
28.6%-46.6%0.660.616.0x4648%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=169
20.8%-56.0%0.640.373.8x1170%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=1.8
21.2%-44.2%0.560.483.9x6635%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.3
12.1%-67.6%0.420.182.3x5639%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=17
2.7%-73.6%0.260.041.2x9035%
Buy and hold32.4%-63.8%0.700.517.4x1100%
1x 10x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -54.5% (2020-12-11 → 2021-08-18), recovered after 873 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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