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ETRACS Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ETRACS Silver Shares Covered Call ETNs due April 21, 2033. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -4.4%).

Data 2013-04-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,343 (13.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.0%, drawdown -85.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -5.3%, Sharpe 0.10, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 13.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 79.8%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -4.4%, exposure 0%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=38
0.2%-5.3%0.100.041.0x21%
ROC 모멘텀
n=16, threshold=0.12
0.1%-4.4%0.090.031.0x100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=91, exitN=48
-1.6%-29.9%-0.10-0.050.8x1417%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=2.8
-0.6%-15.3%-0.11-0.040.9x128%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=197
-3.5%-51.0%-0.21-0.070.6x2026%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=208
-3.3%-45.7%-0.21-0.070.6x1821%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.9
-2.0%-23.5%-0.38-0.080.8x247%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.5
-8.0%-69.1%-0.60-0.120.3x6037%
MACD
fast=9, slow=40, signal=19
-12.0%-82.9%-0.84-0.140.2x19752%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-12.1%-81.9%-0.89-0.150.2x18447%
Buy and hold-13.0%-85.1%-0.50-0.150.2x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -85% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -5.3% (2020-08-18 → 2020-08-24), recovered after 13 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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