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Qiagen N.V. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Qiagen N.V.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -68.6%).

Data 1996-06-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,570 (30.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.5%, drawdown -92.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -81.6%, Sharpe 0.44, 84% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.5%p (CAGR 8.5%, MDD -68.6%, exposure 79%).

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=13, exitN=79
9.6%-81.6%0.440.1215.9x8184%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=36, k=3.5
5.5%-47.2%0.420.125.0x247%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=185
8.1%-68.1%0.420.1210.4x5860%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.1
8.5%-68.6%0.420.1211.6x17279%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=183
6.6%-59.7%0.370.116.8x4463%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=34
3.6%-57.0%0.320.062.9x245%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
3.3%-73.8%0.260.052.7x24953%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
3.2%-83.9%0.250.042.5x11356%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
1.5%-74.2%0.170.021.6x5411%
MACD
fast=10, slow=39, signal=18
-2.2%-72.4%0.05-0.030.5x42951%
Buy and hold10.5%-92.1%0.450.1120.3x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -81.6% (2000-07-17 → 2002-12-27), recovered after 5,475 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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