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Sprott Uranium Miners ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sprott Uranium Miners ETF. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 22.1%, MDD -32.7%).

Data 2019-12-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,672 (6.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.4%, drawdown -52.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 29.9%, MDD -48.9%, Sharpe 0.94, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 3.3%p (CAGR 22.1%, MDD -32.7%, exposure 43%).

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
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.6
29.9%-48.9%0.940.615.7x2452%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.4
22.1%-32.7%0.800.683.8x5243%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.4
21.9%-39.9%0.780.553.7x3644%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=62
23.5%-40.4%0.780.584.1x3655%
ROC 모멘텀
n=31, threshold=-0.06
24.9%-48.8%0.780.514.4x8865%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=15
19.2%-30.0%0.760.643.2x3033%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=28
21.0%-45.0%0.720.473.6x4255%
MACD
fast=18, slow=54, signal=17
19.3%-43.2%0.700.453.2x6646%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=56
20.8%-61.1%0.670.343.5x1871%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
16.6%-57.0%0.630.292.8x5851%
Buy and hold22.4%-52.1%0.660.433.8x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -26% -39% -52% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -48.9% (2021-11-09 → 2023-05-30), recovered after 814 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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