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iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 96% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2020-06-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,550 (6.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.0%, drawdown -0.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.0%, MDD -0.7%, Sharpe 0.04, 96% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=65, threshold=-0.09
0.0%-0.7%0.040.051.0x196%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=26
-0.2%-1.0%-0.56-0.161.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3.4
-0.2%-1.0%-0.58-0.161.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=171
-0.7%-4.3%-0.61-0.151.0x968%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=25, mult=4
-0.7%-4.0%-1.10-0.171.0x61%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=195
-1.5%-8.9%-1.16-0.160.9x1774%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=109, exitN=92
-1.6%-9.5%-1.31-0.170.9x1758%
MACD
fast=47, slow=60, signal=69
-6.7%-35.0%-3.70-0.190.7x7349%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-7.9%-40.0%-4.06-0.200.6x8343%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=1.7
-8.5%-42.5%-4.11-0.200.6x10357%
Buy and hold0.0%-0.7%0.040.051.0x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -1% -3% -4% -5% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.7% (2023-11-30 → 2023-12-14), recovered after 183 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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