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Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.8%, MDD -30.6%).

Data 2016-05-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,573 (10.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.9%, drawdown -96.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 15.6%, MDD -70.1%, Sharpe 0.54, 43% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 22.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.3%p (CAGR 2.8%, MDD -30.6%, exposure 2%).

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=123, threshold=0
15.6%-70.1%0.540.224.4x7643%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=8
12.7%-53.4%0.520.243.4x2010%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=142
11.6%-75.4%0.470.153.1x1236%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=24
11.2%-91.1%0.470.123.0x13049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3
8.2%-55.0%0.410.152.2x2016%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.2
5.5%-54.1%0.350.101.7x125%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=35
2.8%-30.6%0.290.091.3x22%
MACD
fast=19, slow=47, signal=14
-7.9%-96.9%0.16-0.080.4x12451%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=2.5
-8.1%-94.6%0.12-0.090.4x9245%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.34
-13.4%-87.7%0.03-0.150.2x34647%
Buy and hold-6.9%-96.4%0.30-0.070.5x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -70.1% (2025-10-20 → 2026-02-05), 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 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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