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Janus Henderson Short Duration Income ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Janus Henderson Short Duration Income ETF. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -0.6%).

Data 2016-11-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,434 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.3%, drawdown -6.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.3%, MDD -7.2%, Sharpe -0.15, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -0.6%, exposure 5%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -1.0%p (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -0.6%, exposure 5%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=5, threshold=-0.01
-0.3%-7.2%-0.15-0.041.0x799%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=51, threshold=36
-0.1%-0.6%-0.17-0.091.0x25%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.2
-0.1%-1.1%-0.30-0.091.0x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.8
-0.1%-1.1%-0.31-0.101.0x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=267
-0.4%-5.5%-0.35-0.071.0x842%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=207
-0.6%-7.1%-0.54-0.090.9x1042%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=105
-0.8%-7.9%-0.59-0.100.9x1453%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
-1.9%-17.0%-1.25-0.110.8x2835%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.44
-3.5%-29.4%-1.93-0.120.7x6645%
MACD
fast=24, slow=54, signal=30
-3.9%-31.8%-2.04-0.120.7x7149%
Buy and hold-0.3%-6.2%-0.15-0.051.0x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -2% -4% -5% -7% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -7.2% (2021-01-05 → 2023-01-05), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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