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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. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 22.2%, MDD -32.7%).

Data 2019-12-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,693 (6.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.9%, drawdown -52.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 28.9%, MDD -48.9%, Sharpe 0.92, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 3.3%p (CAGR 22.2%, MDD -32.7%, exposure 44%).

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
28.9%-48.9%0.920.595.5x2552%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.4
22.2%-32.7%0.800.683.9x5344%
ROC 모멘텀
n=31, threshold=-0.06
25.7%-48.8%0.790.534.7x8965%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=62
23.8%-40.4%0.790.594.2x3755%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.4
21.1%-39.9%0.760.533.6x3743%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=15
19.0%-30.0%0.760.633.2x3033%
MACD
fast=18, slow=54, signal=17
21.0%-43.2%0.740.493.6x6746%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=28
21.1%-45.0%0.720.473.6x4355%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=56
20.0%-61.1%0.660.333.4x1970%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
17.9%-57.0%0.660.313.0x5951%
Buy and hold24.9%-52.1%0.710.484.5x1100%
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 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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