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abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -34.1%).

Data 2010-10-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,966 (15.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.7%, drawdown -55.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.1%, MDD -34.1%, Sharpe 0.42, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.6%p (CAGR 5.1%, MDD -34.1%, exposure 46%).

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
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
5.1%-34.1%0.420.152.2x7646%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=1.4
4.3%-27.9%0.380.151.9x8436%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=150
4.8%-34.9%0.370.142.1x3055%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.4
3.2%-34.1%0.300.101.7x7836%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=66
2.8%-54.0%0.250.051.5x4455%
ROC 모멘텀
n=185, threshold=0.08
2.2%-37.5%0.220.061.4x6635%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=22
2.2%-39.2%0.220.061.4x6640%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=30
1.5%-25.2%0.200.061.3x5812%
MACD
fast=19, slow=49, signal=17
0.1%-41.1%0.090.001.0x16150%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-1.0%-53.3%0.00-0.020.9x25450%
Buy and hold5.7%-55.7%0.370.102.4x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.1% (2020-08-06 → 2024-03-05), recovered after 1,894 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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