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DB Gold Double Long ETN due February 15, 2038 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DB Gold Double Long ETN due February 15, 2038. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -30.2%).

Data 2008-02-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,635 (18.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.2%, drawdown -75.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.5%, MDD -56.4%, Sharpe 0.56, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 3.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.9%p (CAGR 10.6%, MDD -30.2%, exposure 36%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=150
12.5%-56.4%0.560.228.8x2859%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=100, exitN=87
12.2%-58.1%0.550.218.3x1859%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=94
12.2%-62.5%0.540.198.3x4058%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.9
10.6%-30.2%0.540.356.4x7436%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=0.01
10.4%-59.3%0.490.186.2x12859%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=66, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.7
7.0%-46.6%0.400.153.5x7637%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.8
6.9%-51.2%0.390.143.4x10849%
MACD
fast=23, slow=52, signal=23
5.7%-66.2%0.340.092.8x15149%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=7
4.9%-73.4%0.310.072.4x21251%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
1.8%-66.5%0.200.031.4x14748%
Buy and hold9.2%-75.3%0.420.125.1x1100%
1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -56% -75% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -56.4% (2011-08-22 → 2019-07-08), recovered after 4,781 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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