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Listed Index Fund Nikkei Leveraged Index backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Listed Index Fund Nikkei Leveraged Index. 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 -42.6%).

Data 2014-08-22 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,955 (12.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.0%, drawdown -55.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.2%, MDD -42.6%, Sharpe 0.73, 83% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.1%p (CAGR 20.2%, MDD -42.6%, exposure 83%).

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=17, exitN=60
20.2%-42.6%0.730.479.2x3583%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.9
12.6%-24.9%0.710.514.2x4631%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=2.1
10.4%-22.9%0.660.453.3x10828%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.4
13.7%-40.9%0.640.344.7x8754%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.08
11.6%-37.3%0.580.313.7x11147%
MACD
fast=15, slow=54, signal=23
10.9%-36.5%0.550.303.5x12049%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.14
11.5%-43.9%0.550.263.7x30258%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=79
11.4%-51.3%0.520.223.7x3365%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=40
9.7%-62.8%0.480.153.0x10862%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=24
5.5%-26.4%0.440.211.9x4016%
Buy and hold24.0%-55.7%0.740.4313.2x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.6% (2021-02-16 → 2023-01-19), recovered after 1,092 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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