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iShares Barclays USD Asia High Yield Bond Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Barclays USD Asia High Yield Bond Index ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR -1.7%, MDD -25.6%).

Data 2011-12-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,680 (14.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue SGXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.7%, drawdown -62.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -1.0%, MDD -39.8%, Sharpe 0.07, 89% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.3%p (CAGR -1.7%, MDD -25.6%, exposure 19%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=108, threshold=-0.11
-1.0%-39.8%0.07-0.020.9x2189%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=120
-1.4%-36.4%0.05-0.040.8x2850%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=13
-1.6%-42.6%0.04-0.040.8x7252%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=116, exitN=42
-1.7%-25.6%0.02-0.070.8x1419%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=133
-3.1%-51.9%-0.03-0.060.6x4049%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-3.5%-59.2%-0.04-0.060.6x10447%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
-1.0%-26.6%-0.12-0.040.9x149%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
-5.7%-65.2%-0.18-0.090.4x5953%
MACD
fast=17, slow=54, signal=22
-6.4%-63.8%-0.19-0.100.4x13950%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=2.9
-1.6%-33.0%-0.21-0.050.8x123%
Buy and hold-2.7%-62.1%0.01-0.040.7x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -62% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -39.8% (2012-07-10 → 2023-10-23), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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