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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 +317.5%, or +61.1% annualized. It closed 175 trades with a 26% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 1.24, a Sortino ratio of 1.98 and a maximum drawdown of 28.0%.

Key results
SymbolPLTR
Bar size1-hour
Strategy typeTrend
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+317.5%
Annualized return+61.1%
Sharpe ratio1.24
Sortino ratio1.98
Max drawdown28.0%
Win rate26%
Closed trades175

Evidence

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