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Oruka Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Oruka Therapeutics, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1997-08-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,289 (29.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -32.4%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -96.9%, Sharpe 0.34, 17% 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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=68, slow=213
4.4%-96.9%0.340.053.5x1717%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=27
-0.9%-96.7%0.23-0.010.8x18923%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=49, exitN=38
-5.2%-99.9%0.21-0.050.2x5731%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=4.5
-7.5%-99.9%0.21-0.070.1x8132%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=147
-6.1%-100.0%0.20-0.060.2x4728%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.3
-5.1%-99.5%0.16-0.050.2x12519%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.05, maxStep=0.06
-13.0%-99.9%0.13-0.130.0x49738%
ROC 모멘텀
n=61, threshold=0.03
-13.3%-100.0%0.12-0.130.0x33533%
MACD
fast=9, slow=55, signal=7
-16.4%-100.0%0.11-0.160.0x60653%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.2
-13.5%-100.0%0.02-0.130.0x14524%
Buy and hold-32.4%-100.0%0.13-0.320.0x1100%
0.000001 0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -96.9% (2000-02-18 → 2024-09-27), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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