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Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 2X ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 2X ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2014-05-28 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 3,105 (12.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.6%, drawdown -59.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 15.6%, MDD -47.9%, Sharpe 0.70, 87% 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=19, exitN=70
15.6%-47.9%0.700.326.0x2787%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=194
11.9%-32.6%0.630.374.0x2171%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=171
11.7%-35.1%0.600.333.9x1973%
ROC 모멘텀
n=100, threshold=-0.03
10.4%-37.3%0.540.283.4x6177%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.9
7.0%-30.3%0.470.232.3x6158%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3
0.7%-8.2%0.310.081.1x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
3.4%-44.6%0.260.081.5x22961%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=26
0.8%-14.7%0.240.061.1x83%
MACD
fast=19, slow=58, signal=16
2.3%-47.1%0.220.051.3x14253%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=8, mult=2
0.9%-44.4%0.140.021.1x10443%
Buy and hold17.6%-59.3%0.640.307.4x1100%
1x 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% -15% -30% -45% -59% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -47.9% (2021-12-29 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 917 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 120 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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