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ProShares Ultra Silver backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares Ultra Silver. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -60.2%).

Data 2008-12-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,461 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.4%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -82.6%, Sharpe 0.46, 44% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.6%p (CAGR 9.7%, MDD -60.2%, 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
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.4
10.4%-82.6%0.460.135.8x12944%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.2
9.7%-60.2%0.460.165.2x6019%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=0.7
9.4%-66.8%0.440.144.9x16339%
MACD
fast=18, slow=39, signal=19
9.2%-72.2%0.440.134.7x17552%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=21
7.5%-68.1%0.400.113.6x12020%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
7.1%-72.0%0.400.103.4x28848%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=139
6.7%-88.3%0.390.083.1x3843%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=99
3.6%-92.1%0.340.041.9x4043%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=110, exitN=18
4.1%-74.6%0.310.062.0x3617%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=-0.03
0.3%-93.9%0.280.001.1x18450%
Buy and hold3.4%-98.2%0.390.031.8x1100%
1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -82.6% (2011-04-28 → 2018-12-19), recovered after 5,356 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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