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Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.. 0 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 9.7%, MDD -27.7%).

Data 2015-05-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,825 (11.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.8%, drawdown -73.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -27.7%, Sharpe 0.56, 13% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.9%p (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -27.7%, exposure 13%).

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=20, threshold=25
9.7%-27.7%0.560.352.8x4013%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.5
7.3%-32.1%0.450.232.2x1413%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=115, exitN=6
7.7%-46.7%0.440.172.3x2814%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.03
5.0%-62.0%0.310.081.7x8043%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=73, slow=150
4.4%-65.4%0.300.071.6x2245%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=3.4
4.0%-35.7%0.300.111.6x1411%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
-2.2%-79.4%0.15-0.030.8x16251%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=132
-2.1%-59.6%0.13-0.040.8x2047%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.6
-2.4%-72.5%0.13-0.030.8x5149%
MACD
fast=18, slow=31, signal=11
-6.6%-82.3%0.03-0.080.5x17050%
Buy and hold9.8%-73.6%0.440.132.9x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -27.7% (2016-10-04 → 2017-06-08), recovered after 472 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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