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MannKind Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MannKind Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 3.5%, MDD -75.6%).

Data 2004-07-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,538 (22.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -12.3%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 6.6%, MDD -87.2%, Sharpe 0.40, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 19.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.2%p (CAGR 3.5%, MDD -75.6%, exposure 35%).

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
MACD
fast=6, slow=55, signal=13
6.6%-87.2%0.400.084.1x38251%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.34
6.6%-94.1%0.380.074.1x58948%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=14, mult=0.7
3.5%-75.6%0.310.052.1x32435%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=9, threshold=35
3.9%-83.0%0.280.052.3x18418%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=1.6
1.9%-76.7%0.270.021.5x24032%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=1.8
-0.1%-89.2%0.26-0.001.0x28242%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=138, exitN=32
2.2%-80.4%0.230.031.6x2017%
ROC 모멘텀
n=140, threshold=0.11
0.6%-81.3%0.230.011.1x14632%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=120
-4.2%-89.5%0.14-0.050.4x3837%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=202
-4.3%-88.9%0.13-0.050.4x4838%
Buy and hold-12.3%-99.4%0.23-0.120.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -87.2% (2015-06-08 → 2017-04-20), recovered after 1,360 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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