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Nikkei 225 Bear -1x ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nikkei 225 Bear -1x ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.9%).

Data 2013-05-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,256 (13.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -17.3%, drawdown -93.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.9%, Sharpe 0.08, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 17.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 91.6%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -1.9%, 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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=33
0.1%-1.9%0.080.031.0x20%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=8, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.3
-0.9%-24.4%-0.09-0.040.9x142%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=109, exitN=5
-2.5%-32.3%-0.24-0.080.7x223%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=3.5
-2.6%-39.4%-0.27-0.070.7x104%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=0.09
-2.3%-36.9%-0.30-0.060.7x163%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=204
-4.8%-54.0%-0.41-0.090.5x2214%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=189
-4.5%-50.9%-0.42-0.090.5x149%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.3
-7.8%-69.4%-0.45-0.110.3x6331%
MACD
fast=19, slow=53, signal=19
-14.5%-88.9%-0.82-0.160.1x13552%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.16
-14.9%-89.9%-0.92-0.170.1x25938%
Buy and hold-17.3%-93.5%-0.77-0.190.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -1.9% (2018-02-06 → 2018-02-08), recovered after 3 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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