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iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond Active ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2015-03-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,869 (11.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.0%, drawdown -2.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -3.8%, Sharpe -0.06, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.1%, exposure 1%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
n=83, threshold=-0.02
-0.1%-3.8%-0.06-0.031.0x397%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.6
-0.1%-2.0%-0.33-0.071.0x42%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=39
-0.1%-1.1%-0.40-0.091.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.4
-0.1%-1.3%-0.45-0.091.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=210
-0.9%-9.3%-0.70-0.090.9x1659%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=50
-0.7%-7.7%-0.70-0.090.9x1234%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4
-1.4%-14.7%-0.93-0.090.9x2866%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=142
-1.3%-13.4%-1.01-0.090.9x2460%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-3.1%-30.2%-1.89-0.100.7x7039%
MACD
fast=17, slow=54, signal=18
-8.7%-64.7%-3.96-0.130.4x19050%
Buy and hold-0.0%-2.8%0.00-0.001.0x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -1% -3% -4% -5% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -3.8% (2015-09-14 → 2020-04-02), 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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