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Invesco DB Base Metals Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco DB Base Metals Fund. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -5.6%).

Data 2007-01-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,923 (19.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.3%, drawdown -62.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.4%, MDD -30.3%, Sharpe 0.31, 38% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.5%p (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -5.6%, exposure 1%).

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=122, exitN=73
3.4%-30.3%0.310.111.9x1938%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=184
3.3%-38.7%0.300.091.9x3147%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=38
0.6%-5.6%0.280.111.1x21%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=138
2.4%-35.2%0.230.071.6x2747%
ROC 모멘텀
n=188, threshold=0.08
1.4%-39.9%0.180.041.3x7932%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.6
0.9%-42.6%0.130.021.2x8449%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=2.3
0.7%-34.1%0.120.021.1x6429%
MACD
fast=25, slow=44, signal=20
0.5%-49.6%0.110.011.1x15952%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=99, atrPeriod=29, mult=4
0.2%-42.7%0.070.001.0x4629%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.14
-5.4%-78.2%-0.29-0.070.3x17849%
Buy and hold0.3%-62.8%0.130.001.1x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -63% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.3% (2010-01-06 → 2016-05-23), recovered after 2,913 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 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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