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Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 5.6%, MDD -70.7%).

Data 1994-04-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,136 (32.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -34.3%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.6%, MDD -70.7%, Sharpe 0.32, 9% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 39.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.3%p (CAGR 5.6%, MDD -70.7%, exposure 9%).

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=97, exitN=10
5.6%-70.7%0.320.085.8x439%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.5
2.7%-83.8%0.270.032.4x628%
MACD
fast=46, slow=88, signal=41
-17.6%-100.0%0.24-0.180.0x13554%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.8
1.1%-82.5%0.230.011.4x4910%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=154
-5.7%-97.2%0.19-0.060.2x5031%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=28
-7.0%-98.1%0.16-0.070.1x21622%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=44
-12.8%-99.4%0.13-0.130.0x10530%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=2.9
-19.0%-99.9%0.07-0.190.0x17630%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.18
-26.3%-100.0%0.02-0.260.0x47639%
ROC 모멘텀
n=64, threshold=0.14
-16.7%-99.8%-0.00-0.170.0x33624%
Buy and hold-34.3%-100.0%0.26-0.340.0x1100%
0.000001 0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 10x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -70.7% (2013-11-05 → 2025-02-21), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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