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Xtrackers SHORTDAX X2 DAILY UCITS ETF Capitalisation 1C backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Xtrackers SHORTDAX X2 DAILY UCITS ETF Capitalisation 1C. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -31.6%).

Data 2010-03-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,157 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -24.6%, drawdown -99.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.8%, MDD -32.1%, Sharpe 0.13, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 25.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 67.0%p (CAGR 0.5%, MDD -31.6%, exposure 1%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=6, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.3
0.8%-32.1%0.130.031.1x81%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=39
0.5%-31.6%0.100.021.1x81%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=6
-2.8%-51.4%-0.09-0.050.6x324%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.3
-3.4%-67.9%-0.10-0.050.6x226%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=0.1
-7.0%-81.6%-0.20-0.090.3x7813%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.8
-8.8%-83.9%-0.23-0.100.2x6627%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=208
-8.7%-83.7%-0.27-0.100.2x2819%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=128
-9.4%-86.7%-0.30-0.110.2x3218%
MACD
fast=16, slow=55, signal=18
-15.7%-94.5%-0.40-0.170.1x17053%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-16.3%-96.2%-0.49-0.170.1x16137%
Buy and hold-24.6%-99.1%-0.53-0.250.0x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -74% -99% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.1% (2010-05-07 → 2020-03-04), recovered after 3,597 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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