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Rocket Lab Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rocket Lab Corporation. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 46.8%, MDD -47.8%).

Data 2020-11-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,426 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 39.5%, drawdown -83.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 78.9%, MDD -49.8%, Sharpe 1.25, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 39.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.2%p (CAGR 46.8%, MDD -47.8%, exposure 36%).

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=11, mult=2.5
78.9%-49.8%1.251.5827.2x4047%
MACD
fast=18, slow=59, signal=19
66.4%-68.3%1.150.9718.0x4250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
65.8%-64.2%1.131.0217.7x4648%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=5
71.5%-50.2%1.131.4221.4x5860%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1
52.2%-49.4%1.001.0610.9x4645%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=182
52.0%-56.5%0.960.9210.8x1051%
ROC 모멘텀
n=22, threshold=-0.07
54.1%-68.6%0.960.7911.7x10465%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.5
46.8%-47.8%0.960.988.8x2436%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=191
50.5%-61.0%0.950.8310.2x1248%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=119, exitN=68
46.0%-59.4%0.910.778.6x645%
Buy and hold39.5%-83.0%0.810.486.6x1100%
1x 10x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -49.8% (2021-09-09 → 2022-02-23), recovered after 677 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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