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First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -39.4%).

Data 2007-05-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,837 (19.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.7%, drawdown -51.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -39.4%, Sharpe 0.39, 69% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.9%, MDD -34.9%, exposure 98%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.1%p (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -39.4%, exposure 69%).

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=63, slow=212
4.4%-39.4%0.390.112.3x1769%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=19, threshold=-0.09
4.9%-34.9%0.380.142.5x3398%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=207
3.8%-34.9%0.350.112.0x1971%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=12, exitN=60
3.2%-33.7%0.290.101.8x5584%
Supertrend
period=43, mult=4.4
-0.0%-45.5%0.06-0.001.0x9363%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=2.7
0.1%-12.8%0.050.011.0x305%
MACD
fast=16, slow=39, signal=17
-1.8%-50.5%-0.09-0.040.7x22852%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=44, threshold=25
-0.1%-6.9%-0.09-0.021.0x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-3.5%-54.1%-0.21-0.060.5x17757%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=74, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.3
-3.6%-55.5%-0.42-0.070.5x7633%
Buy and hold4.7%-51.5%0.340.092.4x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -13% -26% -39% -52% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -39.4% (2020-02-18 → 2021-02-26), recovered after 1,990 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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