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Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -0.7%).

Data 2010-08-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,021 (16.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.3%, drawdown -7.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.0%, MDD -0.7%, Sharpe 0.01, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 7.2%p (CAGR 0.0%, 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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
0.0%-0.7%0.010.001.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=3.4
-0.1%-2.5%-0.13-0.021.0x65%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=5, threshold=-0.01
-0.3%-9.0%-0.22-0.040.9x3100%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=180
-0.3%-5.3%-0.29-0.061.0x1455%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=147, exitN=130
-0.3%-6.9%-0.30-0.050.9x1445%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=35
-0.1%-1.2%-0.43-0.061.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=197
-0.7%-10.7%-0.64-0.060.9x2053%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.8
-1.2%-17.7%-0.93-0.070.8x4053%
MACD
fast=50, slow=93, signal=71
-2.2%-30.9%-1.47-0.070.7x7045%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-4.2%-49.7%-2.45-0.080.5x12543%
Buy and hold-0.3%-7.9%-0.17-0.031.0x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -2% -4% -6% -8% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -0.7% (2020-02-28 → 2020-03-02), recovered after 7 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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