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Plug Power, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Plug Power, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1999-10-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,728 (26.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -15.0%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -97.0%, Sharpe 0.49, 43% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
13.3%-97.0%0.490.1428.5x19043%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=24, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.1
12.4%-93.1%0.460.1322.7x13418%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=43
6.3%-97.6%0.400.065.1x19642%
MACD
fast=29, slow=34, signal=19
4.3%-95.6%0.400.053.1x24052%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=1.6
6.5%-97.1%0.380.075.4x17628%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=23, exitN=17
3.9%-98.8%0.360.042.8x15037%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=147
5.3%-91.9%0.340.064.0x2627%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=3.5
0.9%-99.7%0.340.011.3x13447%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=0.03
3.4%-96.3%0.320.042.5x22032%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=11
-3.8%-99.0%0.28-0.040.4x53650%
Buy and hold-15.0%-100.0%0.29-0.150.0x1100%
0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdParabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -97.0% (2000-01-24 → 2013-05-10), recovered after 7,526 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward price.

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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