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iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF backtest

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

Data 2008-11-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,450 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.2%, drawdown -11.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.8%, Sharpe 0.14, 1% 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=36, threshold=62
0.1%-1.8%0.140.071.0x21%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=16, threshold=-0.05
0.1%-9.9%0.030.011.0x5100%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=3.5
-0.0%-1.8%-0.00-0.001.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.5
-0.3%-5.4%-0.12-0.051.0x20%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
-0.6%-17.4%-0.18-0.040.9x3863%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=14, exitN=103
-1.0%-22.3%-0.28-0.040.8x3485%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=77, slow=277
-0.8%-14.8%-0.39-0.050.9x1656%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=206
-1.3%-20.7%-0.64-0.060.8x2852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-3.3%-47.4%-1.03-0.070.6x13451%
MACD
fast=15, slow=48, signal=24
-4.5%-57.0%-2.13-0.080.4x17849%
Buy and hold0.2%-11.7%0.080.021.0x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -3% -6% -9% -12% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -1.8% (2009-04-02 → 2009-04-24), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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