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Palantir EMA-50 Trend Rider

Trend

Holds while price stays above its 50-period EMA and steps aside when it breaks.

What this strategy does

Palantir EMA-50 Trend Rider is a trend strategy that trades PLTR on 1-hour bars. Holds while price stays above its 50-period EMA and steps aside when it breaks.

How it performed

Backtested on real PLTR market data from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 (3.0 years), this run returned +319.3%, or +61.3% annualized. It closed 173 trades with a 26% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.30, a Sortino ratio of 2.09 and a maximum drawdown of 28.0%.

Key results
SymbolPLTR
Bar size1-hour
Strategy typeTrend
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+319.3%
Annualized return+61.3%
Sharpe ratio1.30
Sortino ratio2.09
Max drawdown28.0%
Win rate26%
Closed trades173

Evidence

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