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ProShares Ultra S&P500 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares Ultra S&P500. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -35.2%).

Data 2006-06-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,059 (20.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.4%, drawdown -85.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -35.2%, Sharpe 0.68, 71% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.5%, MDD -52.1%, exposure 82%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 50.3%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -35.2%, exposure 71%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=190
13.3%-35.2%0.680.3812.4x3571%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=63
13.2%-35.5%0.660.3712.0x3972%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=34, exitN=77
13.5%-52.1%0.620.2612.7x3582%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=-0.02
11.8%-42.8%0.610.289.4x10772%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.6
9.9%-43.4%0.580.236.7x8059%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.8
3.3%-37.1%0.300.091.9x16242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
3.9%-68.9%0.290.062.2x20762%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=0.8
3.4%-48.9%0.270.071.9x25858%
MACD
fast=16, slow=23, signal=16
0.2%-60.3%0.120.001.0x32053%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=16
-0.3%-32.1%0.01-0.010.9x6812%
Buy and hold14.4%-85.5%0.540.1714.9x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -21% -43% -64% -85% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -35.2% (2022-01-03 → 2023-04-26), recovered after 912 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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