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Asana, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Asana, 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 18.0%, MDD -37.3%).

Data 2020-09-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,465 (5.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -19.3%, drawdown -96.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 18.0%, MDD -37.3%, Sharpe 0.69, 11% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 37.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 58.9%p (CAGR 18.0%, MDD -37.3%, exposure 11%).

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=95, exitN=13
18.0%-37.3%0.690.482.6x611%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=20
17.8%-43.1%0.630.412.6x2021%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.9
14.7%-48.6%0.570.302.2x1018%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=2.6
13.1%-55.8%0.510.232.0x1921%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=76
12.9%-55.0%0.490.232.0x2137%
ROC 모멘텀
n=112, threshold=0.06
10.8%-64.5%0.450.171.8x4429%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=1.7
7.8%-68.0%0.400.121.6x8345%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=158
3.6%-70.1%0.290.051.2x1022%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
0.4%-81.8%0.270.001.0x7746%
MACD
fast=15, slow=30, signal=7
-10.7%-88.7%0.08-0.120.5x10153%
Buy and hold-19.3%-96.2%0.10-0.200.3x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -37.3% (2021-11-09 → 2024-12-02), recovered after 1,126 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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