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BetaPro S&P 500 2x Daily Bull ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BetaPro S&P 500 2x Daily Bull ETF. 0 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 20.2%, MDD -46.7%).

Data 2008-12-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,453 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.5%, drawdown -59.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.2%, MDD -46.7%, Sharpe 0.82, 89% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.0%p (CAGR 20.2%, MDD -46.7%, exposure 89%).

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=22, exitN=79
20.2%-46.7%0.820.4326.2x2789%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=142
14.6%-32.9%0.730.4411.2x4575%
ROC 모멘텀
n=44, threshold=-0.08
16.6%-50.2%0.730.3315.2x10186%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=138
15.0%-35.8%0.710.4211.9x2778%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.8
9.3%-43.4%0.530.214.8x7563%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
6.8%-35.6%0.420.193.2x18163%
MACD
fast=15, slow=53, signal=13
4.6%-45.5%0.330.102.2x25455%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=1.3
3.9%-34.8%0.310.112.0x21353%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.7
2.8%-34.6%0.260.081.6x16246%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=4
-0.1%-47.7%0.09-0.001.0x30157%
Buy and hold22.5%-59.7%0.750.3836.5x1100%
1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.7% (2021-12-29 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 924 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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