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Evolus, Inc. Common Stock backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Evolus, Inc. Common Stock. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 26.3%, MDD -58.0%).

Data 2018-02-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,151 (8.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.8%, drawdown -92.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 34.5%, MDD -58.0%, Sharpe 0.81, 28% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 37.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.4%p (CAGR 26.3%, MDD -58.0%, 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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=1.9
34.5%-58.0%0.810.6012.7x7928%
MACD
fast=14, slow=48, signal=11
32.6%-75.3%0.740.4311.2x11352%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.1
28.4%-59.0%0.740.488.5x4121%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=5
26.3%-58.0%0.700.457.4x5522%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=10, threshold=28
22.4%-58.7%0.630.385.6x8728%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
18.5%-76.9%0.560.244.3x10748%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=1.9
18.1%-62.9%0.560.294.1x9735%
ROC 모멘텀
n=18, threshold=-0.03
17.4%-78.4%0.550.224.0x20354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=59
6.3%-85.7%0.380.071.7x5942%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=34
3.0%-86.3%0.330.031.3x4742%
Buy and hold-2.8%-92.4%0.35-0.030.8x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -58.0% (2018-06-06 → 2021-01-13), recovered after 989 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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