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Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.5%, MDD -32.8%).

Data 2019-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,699 (6.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -14.2%, drawdown -95.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 23.8%, MDD -64.3%, Sharpe 0.63, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 38.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.5%p (CAGR 6.5%, MDD -32.8%, exposure 11%).

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
Supertrend
period=7, mult=5
23.8%-64.3%0.630.374.2x1254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.3
6.5%-32.8%0.410.201.5x411%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.8
4.1%-32.8%0.290.131.3x816%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=9
-2.3%-79.9%0.25-0.030.9x6845%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=66
-5.6%-79.2%0.25-0.070.7x1961%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=118
-1.6%-63.9%0.19-0.030.9x841%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=186
-7.0%-66.9%0.07-0.100.6x1439%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.42
-14.2%-86.0%0.07-0.170.4x20048%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=-0.03
-14.4%-71.2%0.00-0.200.3x6448%
MACD
fast=5, slow=41, signal=13
-20.0%-92.8%-0.01-0.220.2x14852%
Buy and hold-14.2%-95.8%0.27-0.150.4x1100%
0.1 1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -64.3% (2020-06-08 → 2022-08-02), recovered after 1,556 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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