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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 26.2%, MDD -51.5%).

Data 2020-10-16 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,474 (5.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.3%, drawdown -77.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 26.2%, MDD -51.5%, Sharpe 0.76, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.2%p (CAGR 26.2%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 47%).

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=29, mult=1.7
26.2%-51.5%0.760.513.9x6547%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=73, exitN=25
18.7%-36.4%0.730.522.7x927%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.3
17.5%-30.5%0.730.572.6x1019%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.14
19.1%-66.8%0.610.292.8x14651%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=1.9
14.0%-52.8%0.570.262.2x1928%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=32
14.9%-62.4%0.540.242.3x3149%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=88
13.7%-52.6%0.530.262.1x1941%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=38
7.3%-29.4%0.460.251.5x1611%
ROC 모멘텀
n=112, threshold=0.05
6.9%-40.1%0.370.171.5x4741%
MACD
fast=19, slow=23, signal=16
3.0%-60.2%0.300.051.2x7951%
Buy and hold24.3%-77.7%0.660.313.6x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -39% -58% -78% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -51.5% (2021-06-10 → 2023-11-09), recovered after 992 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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