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First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -23.8%).

Data 2012-06-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,547 (14.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.8%, drawdown -48.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.0%, MDD -23.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 88% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.2%p (CAGR 7.0%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 88%).

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=44, exitN=158
7.0%-23.8%0.600.302.6x988%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=89, slow=122
5.3%-24.8%0.550.212.1x4160%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.07
5.4%-32.6%0.490.172.1x3585%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=2.6
1.7%-9.6%0.410.181.3x3014%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=255
3.7%-31.3%0.370.121.7x1171%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=25
0.5%-12.6%0.170.041.1x148%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=3.9
0.7%-31.1%0.120.021.1x7367%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.8
0.3%-25.3%0.080.011.0x3022%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-2.4%-44.2%-0.18-0.050.7x13360%
MACD
fast=19, slow=47, signal=13
-4.3%-53.4%-0.38-0.080.5x18150%
Buy and hold5.8%-48.0%0.420.122.2x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -24% -36% -48% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -23.8% (2017-01-26 → 2020-09-24), recovered after 1,588 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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