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Northern Trust Ultra-Short Fixed Income ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Northern Trust Ultra-Short Fixed Income ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2012-10-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,469 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.0%, drawdown -4.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -5.3%, Sharpe -0.08, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

CAGR reference leader: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -0.7%, exposure 2%.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=24, threshold=-0.03
-0.1%-5.3%-0.08-0.021.0x399%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=38
-0.1%-0.8%-0.25-0.071.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=3.5
-0.1%-0.7%-0.27-0.071.0x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.5
-0.1%-0.7%-0.27-0.071.0x22%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=83, exitN=73
-0.6%-7.8%-0.50-0.070.9x1469%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=102, slow=278
-0.6%-8.7%-0.62-0.070.9x1259%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=160
-0.8%-10.3%-0.79-0.080.9x1850%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.5
-2.2%-26.6%-1.63-0.080.7x5951%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-3.6%-40.1%-2.22-0.090.6x9150%
MACD
fast=31, slow=55, signal=24
-6.8%-62.2%-3.47-0.110.4x17346%
Buy and hold-0.0%-4.1%0.01-0.001.0x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 볼린저 밴드 돌파ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -1% -3% -4% -5% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -5.3% (2020-02-28 → 2022-04-19), 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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