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Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -68.0%).

Data 2014-09-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,995 (11.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.6%, drawdown -87.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -68.0%, Sharpe 0.43, 42% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.6%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -68.0%, exposure 42%).

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
Supertrend
period=28, mult=2.9
9.3%-68.0%0.430.142.9x7842%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=76
2.8%-80.6%0.370.041.4x3377%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=32
5.8%-43.2%0.360.142.0x1610%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.06
4.9%-71.9%0.350.071.8x10141%
MACD
fast=19, slow=59, signal=18
3.8%-79.3%0.350.051.6x11847%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=219
2.6%-77.6%0.310.031.4x2551%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.5
3.5%-66.9%0.300.051.5x4424%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.5
3.2%-52.3%0.230.061.5x2012%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=219
-2.1%-71.6%0.22-0.030.8x3552%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.2
-1.8%-95.6%0.22-0.020.8x33647%
Buy and hold11.6%-87.6%0.510.133.7x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -68.0% (2015-03-23 → 2016-08-16), recovered after 717 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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