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State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2007-10-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,725 (18.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.3%, drawdown -11.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -7.2%, Sharpe 0.04, 6% 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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=82, threshold=22
0.1%-7.2%0.040.011.0x66%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=56, threshold=-0.06
-0.0%-11.2%0.01-0.001.0x399%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
-0.0%-1.0%-0.10-0.031.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=3.5
-0.1%-1.5%-0.20-0.051.0x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=78, slow=272
-0.6%-17.7%-0.21-0.030.9x2057%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=284
-0.7%-16.9%-0.27-0.040.9x2059%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
-0.6%-11.4%-0.32-0.060.9x4658%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=106, exitN=73
-1.0%-17.8%-0.75-0.060.8x2629%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-4.0%-53.7%-1.69-0.070.5x16455%
MACD
fast=18, slow=42, signal=17
-4.3%-56.8%-1.71-0.080.4x19451%
Buy and hold0.3%-11.6%0.090.021.0x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -3% -6% -9% -12% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -7.2% (2008-09-23 → 2008-10-01), recovered after 91 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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