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UroGen Pharma Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of UroGen Pharma Ltd.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 21.2%, MDD -52.0%).

Data 2017-05-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,323 (9.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.4%, drawdown -94.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 21.2%, MDD -52.0%, Sharpe 0.58, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 9.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.0%p (CAGR 21.2%, MDD -52.0%, exposure 37%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=155, threshold=0.05
21.2%-52.0%0.580.415.9x3737%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=27
7.8%-20.6%0.480.382.0x1711%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=70
12.0%-72.9%0.440.162.9x1139%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=308
12.4%-54.9%0.440.222.9x533%
MACD
fast=9, slow=43, signal=19
9.9%-92.3%0.430.112.4x12649%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=3.3
7.0%-36.1%0.420.191.9x147%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.08
8.0%-87.0%0.390.092.0x14947%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=3.4
7.4%-87.1%0.380.091.9x4345%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=169
6.0%-66.9%0.330.091.7x1336%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
3.3%-27.8%0.270.121.4x85%
Buy and hold11.4%-94.0%0.500.122.7x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -52.0% (2023-08-14 → 2023-10-30), recovered after 305 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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