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First Trust Managed Municipal ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Trust Managed Municipal ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 0.3%, MDD -2.5%).

Data 2014-05-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,071 (12.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.0%, drawdown -16.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 0.3%, MDD -2.5%, Sharpe 0.37, 7% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.3%p (CAGR 0.3%, MDD -2.5%, exposure 7%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=3.5
0.3%-2.5%0.370.111.0x47%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.2
0.1%-5.0%0.050.021.0x2832%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
-0.0%-10.6%0.00-0.001.0x4260%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=128
-0.3%-14.1%-0.06-0.021.0x2254%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=21
-0.2%-7.3%-0.10-0.031.0x3031%
ROC 모멘텀
n=132, threshold=-0.04
-0.8%-16.4%-0.20-0.050.9x2385%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=69
-0.8%-18.9%-0.24-0.040.9x2859%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=40
-0.3%-3.9%-0.50-0.081.0x83%
MACD
fast=22, slow=58, signal=15
-2.5%-26.8%-0.88-0.090.7x10651%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-2.9%-29.8%-1.00-0.100.7x10457%
Buy and hold-0.0%-16.8%0.02-0.001.0x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -4% -8% -13% -17% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -2.5% (2014-10-30 → 2018-12-17), recovered after 1,608 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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