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Japan Physical Silver ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Japan Physical Silver ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -51.5%).

Data 2010-07-02 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,971 (16.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.8%, drawdown -69.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.8%, MDD -51.5%, Sharpe 0.50, 45% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -58.7%, exposure 47%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.7%p (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -51.5%, exposure 45%).

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=12, mult=3.2
8.8%-51.5%0.500.173.9x13945%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=21
8.9%-58.7%0.480.154.0x8547%
MACD
fast=16, slow=38, signal=20
8.7%-44.4%0.470.203.9x16151%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.2
6.1%-26.4%0.470.232.6x5210%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.22
7.8%-58.7%0.450.133.4x33149%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=28
6.1%-48.3%0.410.132.6x19925%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=255
6.6%-58.1%0.380.112.8x1849%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=3
3.7%-28.9%0.380.131.8x328%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=0.14
3.6%-48.4%0.280.081.8x8914%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=79
3.3%-75.1%0.260.041.7x4653%
Buy and hold11.8%-69.2%0.520.176.0x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -51.5% (2011-04-25 → 2018-10-11), recovered after 3,392 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 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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