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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -54.4%).

Data 1994-03-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,156 (32.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.0%, drawdown -97.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -54.4%, Sharpe 0.48, 10% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.7%, MDD -71.1%, exposure 17%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 9.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.3%p (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -54.4%, exposure 10%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=35
10.4%-54.4%0.480.1924.6x8410%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=28, mult=4
11.7%-71.1%0.470.1636.0x5617%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
10.9%-86.0%0.450.1328.9x37646%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=77
10.7%-80.6%0.450.1327.3x11545%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=115
10.6%-85.2%0.450.1225.9x10546%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=-0.03
9.9%-91.0%0.440.1121.6x26950%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=80, exitN=24
10.6%-83.0%0.440.1326.2x7526%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=68, k=1.3
9.7%-80.7%0.420.1220.1x15235%
MACD
fast=17, slow=39, signal=19
6.2%-87.8%0.380.077.1x37053%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=2.9
4.0%-87.5%0.320.053.5x21441%
Buy and hold1.0%-97.7%0.430.011.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Keltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -49% -73% -98% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -54.4% (2005-10-17 → 2013-07-30), recovered after 3,019 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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