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Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 25.5%, MDD -45.2%).

Data 2016-08-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,506 (10.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 27.9%, drawdown -85.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 25.5%, MDD -45.2%, Sharpe 0.68, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.6%p (CAGR 25.5%, MDD -45.2%, exposure 39%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=35, exitN=10
25.5%-45.2%0.680.569.6x5539%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=92
21.4%-75.7%0.650.286.9x2362%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=8
22.6%-82.9%0.630.277.6x8959%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.5
18.9%-72.8%0.600.265.6x4760%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=128
16.1%-73.9%0.590.224.4x1357%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.9
19.6%-59.8%0.580.336.0x6736%
ROC 모멘텀
n=34, threshold=0.02
18.5%-63.0%0.550.295.4x16354%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.14
17.4%-64.5%0.520.275.0x32052%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=2.2
15.1%-58.2%0.500.264.1x5536%
MACD
fast=19, slow=55, signal=14
12.9%-82.2%0.490.163.4x10854%
Buy and hold27.9%-85.8%0.710.3311.6x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -45.2% (2020-06-25 → 2021-02-26), recovered after 390 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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