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Travere Therapeutics, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Travere Therapeutics, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 32.7%, MDD -53.8%).

Data 2012-11-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,451 (13.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 30.1%, drawdown -85.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 32.7%, MDD -53.8%, Sharpe 0.81, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.6%p (CAGR 32.7%, MDD -53.8%, exposure 50%).

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=35, mult=4.7
32.7%-53.8%0.810.6148.4x3350%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=53, exitN=22
24.4%-45.8%0.750.5320.1x3735%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.2
16.9%-37.3%0.660.458.5x1918%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=103
21.0%-59.4%0.630.3513.8x3352%
MACD
fast=37, slow=53, signal=23
20.0%-68.3%0.610.2912.2x9651%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.2
15.1%-48.1%0.600.316.9x2721%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=63
17.4%-75.7%0.560.239.0x7553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=28
11.0%-37.2%0.540.304.2x2719%
ROC 모멘텀
n=39, threshold=-0.04
15.1%-82.3%0.520.186.9x21962%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
15.1%-77.6%0.450.196.9x18953%
Buy and hold30.1%-85.4%0.640.3537.1x1100%
1x 10x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -85% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.8% (2016-09-16 → 2020-04-16), recovered after 1,601 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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