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Direxion Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Direxion Emerging Markets Bull 3X ETF. 7 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 0.0%, MDD -16.2%).

Data 2008-12-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,423 (17.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -93.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.1%, MDD -73.1%, Sharpe 0.36, 62% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 6.4%, MDD -77.6%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.0%p (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -16.2%, 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=42, exitN=73
6.1%-73.1%0.360.082.8x3662%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=35
6.4%-77.6%0.360.083.0x8051%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=72
6.1%-73.8%0.360.082.8x5953%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=0.02
4.3%-74.7%0.310.062.1x17550%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
2.2%-77.8%0.260.031.5x7449%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=1.1
1.3%-76.3%0.220.021.3x10641%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.2
-1.1%-72.6%0.15-0.020.8x17842%
MACD
fast=6, slow=38, signal=10
-6.1%-95.4%0.08-0.060.3x40451%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=25
0.0%-16.2%0.030.001.0x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.12
-8.6%-93.9%0.01-0.090.2x41252%
Buy and hold-0.9%-93.1%0.33-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -73.1% (2009-11-16 → 2016-05-19), recovered after 4,035 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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