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NYLIM Merger Arbitrage ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of NYLIM Merger Arbitrage ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2009-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,200 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.2%, drawdown -16.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.9%, MDD -10.2%, Sharpe 0.25, 49% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=88, exitN=56
0.9%-10.2%0.250.091.2x1949%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=212
0.8%-16.7%0.180.051.1x2559%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=200
0.8%-17.1%0.170.041.1x2362%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=3.5
0.1%-2.0%0.150.051.0x43%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4
0.4%-19.6%0.100.021.1x3767%
ROC 모멘텀
n=132, threshold=0.11
0.0%-1.5%0.050.021.0x80%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=43
-0.1%-5.9%-0.11-0.021.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.1
-0.3%-6.9%-0.22-0.041.0x104%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-3.0%-39.6%-0.57-0.070.6x14258%
MACD
fast=19, slow=53, signal=24
-5.4%-60.2%-1.11-0.090.4x18850%
Buy and hold2.2%-16.7%0.330.131.4x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -4% -8% -13% -17% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -10.2% (2018-01-25 → 2024-07-08), recovered after 2,716 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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