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Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -6.2%).

Data 2009-11-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,196 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.2%, drawdown -12.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -6.2%, Sharpe 0.20, 92% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 6.6%p (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -6.2%, exposure 92%).

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
n=136, threshold=-0.03
0.4%-6.2%0.200.061.1x792%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=3.5
-0.0%-1.0%-0.12-0.031.0x21%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=68, exitN=127
-0.3%-12.0%-0.19-0.030.9x2263%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=9, mult=4
-0.2%-3.6%-0.21-0.041.0x147%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=38
-0.1%-1.2%-0.34-0.061.0x20%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=158
-0.8%-16.7%-0.43-0.050.9x2657%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.5
-1.0%-19.1%-0.48-0.050.9x5857%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=203
-1.2%-21.0%-0.53-0.060.8x2254%
MACD
fast=24, slow=71, signal=24
-3.2%-42.1%-1.57-0.080.6x12247%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-4.0%-49.5%-1.83-0.080.5x14654%
Buy and hold0.2%-12.9%0.090.021.0x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -3% -6% -10% -13% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -6.2% (2020-12-31 → 2023-10-18), recovered after 1,359 days.

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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