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Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.8%, MDD -0.6%).

Data 2018-06-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,043 (8.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.6%, drawdown -23.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.8%, MDD -0.6%, Sharpe 0.82, 1% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.4%p (CAGR 0.8%, MDD -0.6%, exposure 1%).

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=40, threshold=0.09
0.8%-0.6%0.821.361.1x41%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=16
0.6%-5.5%0.230.111.0x1819%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=149
0.0%-8.8%0.030.001.0x1061%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=174
-0.2%-8.1%-0.04-0.031.0x1257%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=135
-0.4%-13.9%-0.04-0.031.0x1786%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3.2
-0.1%-0.8%-0.27-0.121.0x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.3
-0.6%-6.6%-0.31-0.081.0x1412%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=3.7
-2.7%-22.9%-0.49-0.120.8x6165%
MACD
fast=10, slow=52, signal=29
-4.4%-37.1%-0.93-0.120.7x8846%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-5.9%-40.3%-1.20-0.150.6x10653%
Buy and hold-0.6%-23.0%-0.03-0.021.0x1100%
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% -6% -11% -17% -23% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.6% (2020-05-27 → 2020-06-01), recovered after 6 days.

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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