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Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.8%).

Data 2003-01-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,922 (23.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.4%, drawdown -46.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.8%, MDD -4.2%, Sharpe 0.39, 0% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 1.4%, MDD -21.0%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.2%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.8%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=4, threshold=0.08
0.8%-4.2%0.390.191.2x100%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=20
1.3%-13.0%0.350.101.4x3815%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=36, exitN=74
1.4%-21.0%0.210.071.4x4162%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.2
0.1%-1.8%0.200.061.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.4
-0.1%-10.6%-0.04-0.011.0x122%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=153
-0.7%-37.7%-0.04-0.020.9x3554%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=4.5
-0.7%-42.5%-0.04-0.020.8x8854%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=63
-0.7%-40.7%-0.05-0.020.8x5555%
MACD
fast=23, slow=50, signal=22
-4.8%-72.9%-0.55-0.070.3x23452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
-5.9%-78.3%-0.70-0.080.2x31054%
Buy and hold-1.4%-46.4%-0.03-0.030.7x1100%
1x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -4.2% (2009-01-13 → 2009-01-16), 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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