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D-Wave Quantum Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of D-Wave Quantum Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 35.5%, MDD -49.1%).

Data 2020-12-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,414 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.7%, drawdown -96.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 66.7%, MDD -62.5%, Sharpe 0.98, 41% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 56.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.2%p (CAGR 35.5%, MDD -49.1%, exposure 21%).

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=47, exitN=32
66.7%-62.5%0.981.0717.8x1441%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=2.8
55.2%-53.2%0.981.0411.9x2212%
ROC 모멘텀
n=64, threshold=0.01
61.5%-67.7%0.950.9114.9x6236%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=67
58.9%-66.9%0.930.8813.6x2946%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.8
53.5%-67.2%0.910.8011.2x1843%
MACD
fast=11, slow=20, signal=8
60.6%-80.3%0.900.7614.4x11354%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=85
54.4%-62.5%0.900.8711.6x2043%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
53.9%-72.6%0.860.7411.3x9641%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.1
42.0%-57.0%0.830.747.2x1613%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=26
35.5%-49.1%0.760.725.5x3221%
Buy and hold10.7%-96.7%0.650.111.8x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -73% -97% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -62.5% (2025-01-06 → 2025-01-13), recovered after 70 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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