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Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 1.3%, MDD -39.3%).

Data 2020-04-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,589 (6.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -22.3%, drawdown -98.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 21.5%, MDD -52.0%, Sharpe 0.60, 39% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 43.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 46.8%p (CAGR 1.3%, MDD -39.3%, exposure 1%).

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=63, exitN=73
21.5%-52.0%0.600.413.4x539%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0.18
19.9%-46.7%0.580.433.2x3326%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=209
12.7%-53.2%0.460.242.1x929%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=126
10.9%-46.7%0.430.231.9x1332%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
1.6%-89.9%0.340.021.1x1560%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=2
4.9%-51.6%0.310.091.4x2124%
MACD
fast=14, slow=24, signal=12
-9.9%-92.1%0.18-0.110.5x8849%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.9
1.3%-39.3%0.160.031.1x41%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=16
-3.4%-64.4%0.12-0.050.8x1516%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.06
-15.5%-91.7%0.02-0.170.3x11041%
Buy and hold-22.3%-98.8%0.18-0.230.2x1100%
0.1 1x 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% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -52.0% (2021-11-03 → 2025-11-07), recovered after 1,527 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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