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PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada). 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2018-02-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,132 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.4%, drawdown -18.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.27, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.3%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, exposure 0%).

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
n=49, threshold=0.07
0.1%-0.5%0.270.171.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.5
0.0%-1.5%0.060.021.0x23%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.5
-0.1%-5.4%-0.03-0.011.0x1425%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=29
-0.0%-0.9%-0.09-0.041.0x24%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=49, exitN=59
-0.3%-7.6%-0.10-0.041.0x1447%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=5
-1.0%-14.8%-0.32-0.070.9x2846%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=63, slow=212
-1.1%-11.1%-0.32-0.100.9x846%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=177
-1.2%-12.1%-0.32-0.100.9x1249%
MACD
fast=28, slow=58, signal=19
-3.6%-26.9%-1.12-0.130.7x6850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-4.5%-32.1%-1.39-0.140.7x7450%
Buy and hold-1.4%-18.8%-0.20-0.080.9x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -5% -9% -14% -19% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-06-09 → 2020-06-10), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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