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Neuropace, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Neuropace, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 34.7%, MDD -35.6%).

Data 2021-04-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,325 (5.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -11.9%, drawdown -95.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 34.7%, MDD -35.6%, Sharpe 0.94, 13% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 46.7%, MDD -40.5%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 46.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 59.5%p (CAGR 34.7%, MDD -35.6%, exposure 13%).

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=14, threshold=0.2
34.7%-35.6%0.940.974.8x5013%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.3
46.7%-40.5%0.941.157.5x1051%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3
35.5%-38.1%0.930.935.0x1416%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.8
35.5%-39.6%0.880.905.0x2022%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=28, exitN=60
34.7%-66.8%0.780.524.8x858%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=71
29.3%-48.6%0.740.603.9x2639%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=17
23.9%-36.8%0.680.653.1x4629%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=51
23.7%-52.6%0.660.453.1x1244%
MACD
fast=9, slow=29, signal=19
17.0%-86.2%0.560.202.3x7050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
7.4%-69.3%0.400.111.5x4244%
Buy and hold-11.9%-95.1%0.26-0.120.5x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrendROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -35.6% (2025-01-24 → 2025-11-06), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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