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Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 21.1%, MDD -51.2%).

Data 2014-07-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,022 (12.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.9%, drawdown -95.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 21.1%, MDD -51.2%, Sharpe 0.65, 30% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 25.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.0%p (CAGR 21.1%, MDD -51.2%, exposure 30%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=22
21.1%-51.2%0.650.4110.0x6030%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=1
13.1%-77.6%0.490.174.4x9041%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=2.8
12.5%-68.5%0.480.184.1x7645%
ROC 모멘텀
n=32, threshold=0.06
12.1%-80.0%0.470.153.9x19841%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=55, exitN=30
10.3%-88.6%0.440.123.3x2836%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.6
9.7%-76.8%0.420.133.0x3630%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=69
8.0%-86.8%0.410.092.5x3445%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=89
3.4%-87.6%0.330.041.5x3146%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-2.7%-94.2%0.25-0.030.7x19448%
MACD
fast=16, slow=39, signal=18
-3.3%-93.7%0.24-0.040.7x13252%
Buy and hold-3.9%-95.2%0.36-0.040.6x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -51.2% (2023-06-06 → 2023-12-11), recovered after 255 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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