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iShares Intermediate Muni Income Active ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Intermediate Muni Income Active ETF. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%).

Data 2021-03-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,348 (5.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.1%, drawdown -14.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%, Sharpe 0.28, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.3%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%, exposure 1%).

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=17, threshold=0.03
0.1%-0.7%0.280.201.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.1
0.1%-1.1%0.200.101.0x25%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=251
-0.5%-4.8%-0.24-0.111.0x639%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=28
-0.4%-3.5%-0.25-0.101.0x1617%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=49
-0.9%-7.3%-0.31-0.131.0x2271%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=20, mult=2.9
-0.6%-5.8%-0.36-0.111.0x1825%
MACD
fast=30, slow=52, signal=19
-1.0%-7.0%-0.41-0.150.9x3046%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=181
-0.9%-5.6%-0.43-0.171.0x640%
Supertrend
period=5, mult=4.6
-1.3%-8.5%-0.56-0.150.9x2843%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-2.0%-13.0%-0.71-0.160.9x5253%
Buy and hold-1.1%-14.0%-0.29-0.080.9x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -4% -7% -11% -14% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.7% (2023-12-08 → 2023-12-13), 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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