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Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Energy Vault Holdings, 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 23.3%, MDD -40.5%).

Data 2021-03-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,342 (5.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -20.5%, drawdown -97.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 35.2%, MDD -54.5%, Sharpe 0.80, 29% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 55.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.6%p (CAGR 23.3%, MDD -40.5%, exposure 22%).

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=55, exitN=18
35.2%-54.5%0.800.655.0x1229%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=31
23.3%-40.5%0.730.573.1x822%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.14
26.0%-69.1%0.670.383.4x14644%
MACD
fast=12, slow=42, signal=18
18.4%-82.2%0.600.222.5x5650%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.9
19.6%-53.0%0.600.372.6x1625%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=50
13.0%-82.5%0.520.161.9x3041%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=199
7.5%-70.8%0.440.111.5x835%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=0.09
5.2%-71.3%0.400.071.3x2629%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=1.5
0.7%-81.3%0.360.011.0x8443%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.3
4.3%-62.9%0.330.071.3x1619%
Buy and hold-20.5%-97.1%0.29-0.210.3x1100%
0.1 1x 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% -49% -73% -97% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -54.5% (2022-04-05 → 2023-06-26), recovered after 1,000 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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