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Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -18.8%).

Data 2010-12-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,934 (15.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -34.2%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.6%, MDD -63.0%, Sharpe 0.36, 16% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 40.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.9%p (CAGR 2.4%, MDD -18.8%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=155, exitN=36
6.6%-63.0%0.360.112.7x1216%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=24, k=3.5
2.7%-19.2%0.330.141.5x21%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=37
2.4%-18.8%0.280.131.4x61%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=80
0.1%-89.3%0.270.001.0x6636%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=28, mult=1.2
1.0%-76.6%0.270.011.2x10831%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.8
-3.5%-93.3%0.22-0.040.6x5240%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=61
-5.0%-92.4%0.21-0.050.5x7042%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=0.04
-6.0%-92.2%0.16-0.060.4x15434%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-10.5%-87.2%0.12-0.120.2x13443%
MACD
fast=15, slow=24, signal=9
-15.7%-94.3%0.10-0.170.1x28353%
Buy and hold-34.2%-100.0%0.08-0.340.0x1100%
0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.0% (2019-09-04 → 2025-05-14), recovered after 2,219 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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