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Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.3%).

Data 2013-11-05 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,223 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -11.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -2.5%, Sharpe -0.13, 29% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.3%, exposure 0%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.3%p (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.3%, exposure 0%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=159
-0.1%-2.5%-0.13-0.061.0x629%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=36
-0.1%-2.1%-0.13-0.061.0x616%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=86, exitN=77
-0.3%-4.7%-0.30-0.071.0x623%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=218
-0.4%-4.8%-0.34-0.081.0x1029%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=18, mult=4
-0.1%-1.3%-0.47-0.081.0x20%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=74, threshold=-0.03
-1.0%-13.6%-0.55-0.080.9x398%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3.4
-0.4%-4.7%-0.62-0.081.0x61%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=5
-1.6%-19.1%-1.24-0.090.8x3028%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-3.0%-32.2%-1.91-0.090.7x7030%
MACD
fast=31, slow=53, signal=28
-6.1%-55.5%-2.88-0.110.4x13349%
Buy and hold-0.9%-11.8%-0.46-0.070.9x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -3% -6% -9% -12% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -2.5% (2019-07-02 → 2024-05-01), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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