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Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -7.8%).

Data 2002-09-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,009 (23.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.8%, drawdown -47.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.6%, MDD -14.1%, Sharpe 0.19, 9% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.7%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -7.8%, exposure 1%).

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=54, threshold=18
0.6%-14.1%0.190.041.2x349%
ROC 모멘텀
n=18, threshold=0.09
0.2%-7.8%0.090.021.0x161%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.5
0.1%-28.7%0.060.001.0x9258%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=100, exitN=60
0.1%-34.1%0.050.001.0x3644%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
0.0%-18.6%0.030.001.0x4018%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=119
-0.3%-34.7%-0.00-0.010.9x5658%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.6
-0.1%-17.7%-0.03-0.011.0x4014%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=134
-0.8%-39.0%-0.06-0.020.8x6057%
MACD
fast=24, slow=51, signal=20
-3.2%-62.6%-0.38-0.050.5x21454%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-3.7%-61.1%-0.43-0.060.4x21058%
Buy and hold-0.8%-47.8%0.01-0.020.8x1100%
1x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -24% -36% -48% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -14.1% (2014-09-09 → 2023-11-27), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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