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BetaPro Natural Gas Leveraged Daily Bull ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BetaPro Natural Gas Leveraged Daily Bull ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 2.6%, MDD -38.3%).

Data 2008-01-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,654 (18.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -62.3%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 2.6%, MDD -38.3%, Sharpe 0.24, 2% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 65.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 61.7%p (CAGR 2.6%, MDD -38.3%, exposure 2%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=2.8
2.6%-38.3%0.240.071.6x122%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=196
-1.7%-74.1%0.17-0.020.7x1010%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=29
-0.0%-53.4%0.15-0.001.0x406%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=110, exitN=20
-2.0%-75.6%0.13-0.030.7x228%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=161
-5.8%-80.4%0.12-0.070.3x2018%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0.1
-10.1%-89.6%0.01-0.110.1x7015%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.5
-8.1%-89.8%0.01-0.090.2x3611%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.6
-23.9%-99.7%-0.17-0.240.0x11234%
MACD
fast=23, slow=50, signal=14
-40.1%-100.0%-0.28-0.400.0x17460%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-32.1%-100.0%-0.29-0.320.0x17438%
Buy and hold-62.3%-100.0%-0.52-0.620.0x1100%
1e-7 0.000001 0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and hold볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -38.3% (2018-11-14 → 2018-11-15), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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