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NVIDIA Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NVIDIA Corporation. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 38.4%, MDD -60.2%).

Data 1999-01-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,923 (27.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 36.1%, drawdown -89.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 39.4%, MDD -61.0%, Sharpe 0.96, 70% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 42.4%, MDD -69.5%, exposure 85%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.8%p (CAGR 38.4%, MDD -60.2%, exposure 70%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=135
39.4%-61.0%0.960.659375.9x4170%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=75
38.4%-60.2%0.960.647631.6x5770%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=73
42.4%-69.5%0.950.6116686.6x5585%
ROC 모멘텀
n=103, threshold=-0.03
35.0%-59.6%0.890.593848.5x19172%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=5
29.3%-57.0%0.860.511190.8x8257%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=2.3
22.4%-55.6%0.790.40261.4x11836%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.4
22.8%-55.3%0.780.41286.7x14040%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=9
25.9%-76.5%0.770.34571.8x28855%
MACD
fast=24, slow=46, signal=22
22.2%-74.6%0.690.30249.4x25852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.12
13.9%-78.3%0.520.1835.6x75855%
Buy and hold36.1%-89.7%0.820.404872.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 10,000x 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -45% -67% -90% 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -61.0% (2001-06-07 → 2003-02-11), recovered after 1,338 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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