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Metrics Master Income Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Metrics Master Income Trust. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -1.0%).

Data 2017-09-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,231 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.5%, drawdown -39.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 1.1%, MDD -7.5%, Sharpe 0.16, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 1.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.1%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -1.0%, exposure 3%).

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
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.8
1.1%-7.5%0.160.151.1x865%
ROC 모멘텀
n=47, threshold=0.12
0.1%-4.6%0.040.011.0x81%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=37
-0.0%-1.0%0.00-0.001.0x23%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=202
-0.4%-8.6%-0.03-0.051.0x1252%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=75, slow=217
-0.6%-8.4%-0.06-0.071.0x850%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.9
-0.1%-2.5%-0.07-0.031.0x22%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
-1.4%-25.8%-0.11-0.060.9x4761%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=96, exitN=80
-0.9%-12.0%-0.14-0.070.9x1039%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3.2
-0.4%-3.8%-0.41-0.121.0x20%
MACD
fast=38, slow=61, signal=26
-7.1%-49.2%-0.94-0.140.5x7947%
Buy and hold-0.5%-39.6%0.07-0.011.0x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -30% -40% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -7.5% (2019-03-03 → 2020-04-14), recovered after 422 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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