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ProShares UltraPro Dow30 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares UltraPro Dow30. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 24.5%, MDD -51.4%).

Data 2010-02-11 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,163 (16.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 25.6%, drawdown -80.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 24.5%, MDD -51.4%, Sharpe 0.76, 92% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.9%p (CAGR 24.5%, MDD -51.4%, exposure 92%).

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=18, exitN=104
24.5%-51.4%0.760.4837.7x2392%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=88
15.3%-61.7%0.600.2510.5x4370%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=142
15.0%-61.5%0.590.2410.1x2177%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
12.1%-44.4%0.550.276.6x26162%
ROC 모멘텀
n=111, threshold=-0.01
12.1%-65.8%0.530.186.6x13373%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.2
7.7%-53.3%0.410.143.4x8961%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=12, threshold=37
2.4%-19.7%0.400.121.5x286%
MACD
fast=7, slow=54, signal=17
7.5%-53.0%0.400.143.3x29654%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=1.2
5.6%-47.2%0.350.122.5x26650%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=13, mult=1.3
4.3%-47.8%0.330.092.0x20231%
Buy and hold25.6%-80.3%0.720.3243.6x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 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% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -51.4% (2022-01-04 → 2022-10-20), recovered after 1,037 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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