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Repligen Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Repligen Corporation. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1986-04-29 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 10,163 (40.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.1%, drawdown -98.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -88.5%, Sharpe 0.45, 54% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -82.2%, exposure 52%.

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=68, exitN=81
11.4%-88.5%0.450.1377.7x5354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=194
11.4%-82.2%0.450.1478.1x5552%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=174
9.7%-80.7%0.420.1242.3x5552%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.7
6.7%-91.7%0.360.0713.5x10151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=73, k=1.8
1.3%-94.0%0.230.011.7x13935%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.3
1.0%-80.4%0.190.011.5x9723%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=39
2.1%-68.9%0.190.032.3x816%
MACD
fast=24, slow=47, signal=19
-4.5%-99.6%0.18-0.040.2x40152%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=0.03
-3.6%-99.2%0.17-0.040.2x40352%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.2
-6.7%-99.7%0.12-0.070.1x89048%
Buy and hold7.1%-98.3%0.460.0716.0x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -88.5% (1991-10-22 → 1999-02-26), recovered after 7,839 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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