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Iridium Communications Inc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Iridium Communications Inc. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2008-03-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,620 (18.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.4%, drawdown -76.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.9%, MDD -63.0%, Sharpe 0.46, 87% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=10, exitN=93
10.9%-63.0%0.460.176.7x4387%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=2, threshold=-0.15
9.2%-77.2%0.420.125.0x11100%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=193
6.0%-59.0%0.340.102.9x2756%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=137
5.0%-57.7%0.310.092.5x5156%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.1
3.3%-54.9%0.260.061.8x8154%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=29
1.6%-34.3%0.200.051.3x103%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=64, k=3.4
1.7%-55.6%0.180.031.4x2415%
MACD
fast=20, slow=41, signal=16
0.1%-57.4%0.150.001.0x19252%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.06
-0.7%-75.0%0.12-0.010.9x27253%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=29, mult=4
0.4%-31.1%0.090.011.1x205%
Buy and hold9.4%-76.4%0.420.125.2x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.0% (2023-04-21 → 2025-12-18), recovered after 1,125 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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