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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1991-04-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,897 (35.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.7%, drawdown -91.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -88.0%, Sharpe 0.47, 83% 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=131
11.4%-88.0%0.470.1345.4x5983%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=2
7.7%-77.1%0.380.1013.9x18133%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=68, slow=161
5.8%-96.3%0.350.067.4x4458%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=174
4.6%-95.4%0.330.054.9x5859%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.3
5.7%-80.3%0.320.077.2x17117%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.2
5.1%-77.7%0.320.075.8x21151%
MACD
fast=19, slow=32, signal=10
4.8%-84.6%0.320.065.3x52150%
ROC 모멘텀
n=111, threshold=-0.11
2.3%-98.7%0.300.022.3x28771%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.14
0.1%-85.4%0.220.001.0x100151%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=15
0.1%-94.5%0.200.001.1x51145%
Buy and hold10.7%-91.8%0.470.1235.9x1100%
1x 10x 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -88.0% (2000-02-29 → 2003-05-16), recovered after 4,207 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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