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REGENXBIO Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of REGENXBIO Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -20.6%).

Data 2015-09-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,733 (10.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -10.0%, drawdown -93.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 7.4%, MDD -20.6%, Sharpe 0.60, 5% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 17.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 72.9%p (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -20.6%, exposure 5%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=32
7.4%-20.6%0.600.362.2x85%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.7
6.4%-39.2%0.370.162.0x3213%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=2.3
4.8%-79.6%0.340.061.7x9840%
MACD
fast=11, slow=16, signal=10
2.6%-89.6%0.310.031.3x22451%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3.1
2.9%-41.0%0.240.071.4x209%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.16
-1.6%-90.1%0.22-0.020.8x19846%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=98, exitN=32
-1.2%-78.3%0.13-0.020.9x1526%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=140
-4.0%-89.7%0.11-0.050.6x2337%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=188
-8.3%-92.5%-0.00-0.090.4x3137%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.14
-6.3%-84.2%-0.00-0.070.5x8628%
Buy and hold-10.0%-93.5%0.20-0.110.3x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -20.6% (2016-11-15 → 2017-10-26), recovered after 581 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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