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Global X Physical Silver backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Global X Physical Silver. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -39.2%).

Data 2008-12-19 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,448 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.0%, drawdown -61.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -39.2%, Sharpe 0.50, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.2%p (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -39.2%, exposure 46%).

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
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3
8.9%-39.2%0.500.234.5x16346%
MACD
fast=18, slow=40, signal=22
6.6%-39.5%0.400.173.1x16550%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.3
4.9%-45.5%0.350.112.3x6830%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=66, slow=171
5.7%-59.6%0.350.102.7x3256%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=151
4.9%-63.3%0.320.082.3x4254%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=12, exitN=47
4.1%-69.9%0.280.062.0x7978%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=10, threshold=35
2.9%-32.7%0.270.091.7x9014%
ROC 모멘텀
n=139, threshold=0.14
3.3%-45.6%0.270.071.8x9027%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=21, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.7
2.5%-52.8%0.230.051.6x17932%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.18
-1.8%-71.2%0.03-0.020.7x28550%
Buy and hold10.0%-61.4%0.460.165.4x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -61% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -39.2% (2026-01-29 → 2026-08-19), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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