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Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.1%).

Data 2016-12-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,420 (9.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.2%, drawdown -24.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -1.5%, Sharpe 0.23, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.2%p (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.1%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=12, threshold=0.1
0.4%-1.5%0.230.281.0x20%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=118
-0.5%-9.0%-0.10-0.061.0x1464%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=189
-0.5%-6.4%-0.13-0.071.0x1248%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2.9
-0.1%-1.1%-0.21-0.061.0x20%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=31
-0.2%-2.3%-0.34-0.101.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=202
-1.4%-13.1%-0.35-0.110.9x1450%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=28, atrPeriod=25, mult=3.5
-0.4%-5.4%-0.37-0.071.0x85%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=5
-2.1%-23.3%-0.41-0.090.8x3749%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-5.0%-39.4%-0.92-0.130.6x7854%
MACD
fast=19, slow=30, signal=17
-6.2%-46.0%-1.18-0.130.5x12049%
Buy and hold-1.2%-24.7%-0.10-0.050.9x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -6% -12% -19% -25% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -1.5% (2020-04-09 → 2020-04-15), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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