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Roivant Sciences Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Roivant Sciences Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 36.4%, MDD -36.5%).

Data 2020-12-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,417 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.2%, drawdown -79.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 36.4%, MDD -36.5%, Sharpe 1.05, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 13.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.7%p (CAGR 36.4%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 55%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=195
36.4%-36.5%1.051.005.8x555%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=81, slow=129
32.5%-36.5%0.960.894.9x357%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=0.08
30.9%-44.7%0.930.694.6x3743%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.6
15.7%-24.8%0.820.632.3x918%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=70
28.7%-66.4%0.750.434.2x1583%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.7
23.4%-50.4%0.690.463.3x2363%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=37
4.2%-7.1%0.640.591.3x24%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
18.4%-56.7%0.610.322.6x4859%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.6
5.2%-56.4%0.320.091.3x4545%
MACD
fast=8, slow=35, signal=11
-5.7%-70.4%0.04-0.080.7x12252%
Buy and hold23.2%-79.2%0.650.293.2x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -59% -79% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -36.5% (2023-09-27 → 2023-10-27), recovered after 721 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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