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4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 16.1%, MDD -28.5%).

Data 2020-12-11 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,435 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -16.9%, drawdown -95.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 44.0%, MDD -50.1%, Sharpe 0.83, 45% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 60.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.1%p (CAGR 16.1%, MDD -28.5%, exposure 15%).

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=30, exitN=45
44.0%-50.1%0.830.888.1x1345%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=2.9
27.0%-40.9%0.660.663.9x919%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=0.1
27.0%-50.8%0.650.533.9x5730%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.7
17.2%-38.0%0.630.452.5x912%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=124
24.3%-41.4%0.620.593.5x1537%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.1
14.7%-67.8%0.510.222.2x5139%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=26
16.1%-28.5%0.510.572.4x1915%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=38
8.3%-68.2%0.410.121.6x2538%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
-9.6%-77.4%0.15-0.120.6x9644%
MACD
fast=16, slow=43, signal=11
-13.6%-91.4%0.10-0.150.4x7949%
Buy and hold-16.9%-95.2%0.22-0.180.3x1100%
0.1 1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -71% -95% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.1% (2024-03-27 → 2025-05-27), recovered after 505 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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