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Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -8.6%).

Data 2019-09-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,727 (6.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.5%, drawdown -46.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.4%, MDD -11.0%, Sharpe 0.54, 20% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 3.8%, MDD -24.4%, exposure 54%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.5%p (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -8.6%, exposure 18%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=99, exitN=61
2.4%-11.0%0.540.221.2x420%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.9
1.8%-8.6%0.450.211.1x818%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=1.2
3.8%-24.4%0.370.151.3x11354%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=21
1.6%-10.5%0.340.151.1x1417%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=0.04
1.6%-16.2%0.300.101.1x3431%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=189
1.6%-18.4%0.280.091.1x938%
MACD
fast=22, slow=31, signal=20
2.1%-17.9%0.260.121.2x6451%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=1.1
0.7%-17.5%0.120.041.0x9043%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.12
-1.1%-28.1%-0.05-0.040.9x16851%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=139
-0.7%-27.9%-0.09-0.031.0x1138%
Buy and hold-5.5%-46.4%-0.20-0.120.7x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrendDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -11.0% (2021-07-12 → 2024-04-15), recovered after 1,122 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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