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TeraWulf Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of TeraWulf Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -52.3%).

Data 1994-04-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,135 (32.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -98.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.1%, MDD -83.9%, Sharpe 0.54, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.8%p (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -52.3%, exposure 8%).

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=52, exitN=84
16.1%-83.9%0.540.19125.0x4365%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=118
11.9%-75.4%0.470.1637.7x6554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=217
10.9%-86.7%0.450.1328.2x4155%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=50, threshold=26
7.3%-52.3%0.390.149.8x168%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.03
-1.5%-98.5%0.25-0.020.6x34558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-5.8%-99.1%0.14-0.060.1x19245%
MACD
fast=38, slow=88, signal=30
-9.6%-99.8%0.11-0.100.0x19851%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=2.3
-5.5%-99.7%0.07-0.060.2x16429%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.9
-12.8%-100.0%0.03-0.130.0x25854%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.3
-11.3%-99.9%-0.08-0.110.0x18829%
Buy and hold8.6%-98.7%0.480.0914.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 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% -49% -74% -99% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -83.9% (2014-03-06 → 2020-09-02), recovered after 2,671 days.

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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