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Penguin Solutions, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Penguin Solutions, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 26.0%, MDD -43.7%).

Data 2017-05-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,309 (9.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 25.0%, drawdown -68.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 26.0%, MDD -43.7%, Sharpe 0.78, 36% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.0%p (CAGR 26.0%, MDD -43.7%, exposure 36%).

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=52, threshold=0.12
26.0%-43.7%0.780.608.4x8436%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=13, mult=4
10.7%-25.8%0.630.422.6x106%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=17
17.2%-55.0%0.600.314.3x3032%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.4
16.0%-61.4%0.570.263.9x4436%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=1.6
15.9%-60.4%0.560.263.9x13653%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=71
16.1%-62.6%0.560.264.0x3150%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=38
9.3%-27.1%0.540.342.3x105%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=39
12.9%-66.9%0.490.193.0x4152%
MACD
fast=7, slow=35, signal=6
7.8%-65.3%0.390.122.0x23252%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
6.0%-63.3%0.350.101.7x18452%
Buy and hold25.0%-68.7%0.680.367.8x1100%
1x 10x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -52% -69% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -43.7% (2018-03-27 → 2019-08-27), recovered after 1,049 days.

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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