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BetaPro Crude Oil Inverse Leveraged Daily Bear ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BetaPro Crude Oil Inverse Leveraged Daily Bear ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2008-01-16 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,674 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -10.3%, drawdown -99.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -94.9%, Sharpe 0.38, 28% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -98.6%, exposure 52%.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=26
6.7%-94.9%0.380.073.3x5228%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=64
5.4%-93.6%0.380.062.7x6639%
ROC 모멘텀
n=57, threshold=0.1
4.1%-92.3%0.340.042.1x16428%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.4
3.8%-95.4%0.330.042.0x12237%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.5
2.8%-87.7%0.280.031.7x5213%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=18
2.2%-85.6%0.280.031.5x10217%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=35
-2.3%-96.7%0.25-0.020.6x10237%
MACD
fast=18, slow=55, signal=18
8.2%-98.6%0.240.084.4x18852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
-2.2%-99.0%0.22-0.020.7x42242%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=2
-0.9%-97.2%0.22-0.010.8x9423%
Buy and hold-10.3%-99.9%0.23-0.100.1x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 MACDDonchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdMACDDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -94.9% (2020-04-21 → 2026-06-03), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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