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Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 1.3%, MDD -37.4%).

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

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -50.7%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 1.4%, MDD -46.4%, Sharpe 0.17, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 52.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.6%p (CAGR 1.3%, MDD -37.4%, exposure 2%).

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=10, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.8
1.4%-46.4%0.170.031.3x141%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3
1.3%-37.4%0.160.031.2x142%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=86, exitN=4
-0.2%-55.2%0.12-0.001.0x283%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=28
-4.0%-67.9%-0.03-0.060.5x204%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=118
-8.9%-84.7%-0.05-0.110.2x3214%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=192
-10.0%-87.8%-0.09-0.110.2x4014%
ROC 모멘텀
n=39, threshold=0.11
-13.6%-95.8%-0.17-0.140.1x15215%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
-16.5%-98.4%-0.20-0.170.0x5222%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.14
-30.3%-99.9%-0.50-0.300.0x39738%
MACD
fast=14, slow=50, signal=9
-34.5%-100.0%-0.51-0.340.0x27354%
Buy and hold-50.7%-100.0%-0.65-0.510.0x1100%
0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.4% (2011-08-08 → 2018-12-31), recovered after 3,139 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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