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SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2008-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,626 (18.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -43.1%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 2.7%, MDD -93.9%, Sharpe 0.39, 32% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 5.8%, MDD -91.7%, exposure 23%.

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=209
2.7%-93.9%0.390.031.6x2132%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=2.2
5.8%-91.7%0.360.062.8x20223%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=45
-10.6%-99.6%0.34-0.110.1x7568%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=1.6
-1.2%-96.8%0.32-0.010.8x23235%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.1
-3.6%-97.6%0.31-0.040.5x24439%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=182
-1.3%-95.2%0.30-0.010.8x1927%
MACD
fast=5, slow=16, signal=15
-7.7%-99.9%0.28-0.080.2x44253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=11
-11.1%-99.5%0.27-0.110.1x10741%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=0.09
-8.4%-98.6%0.25-0.090.2x16331%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.3
-6.7%-96.6%0.22-0.070.3x4215%
Buy and hold-43.1%-100.0%0.07-0.430.0x1100%
0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 볼린저 밴드 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -93.9% (2014-01-16 → 2016-06-29), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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