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iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -45.9%).

Data 2018-01-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,140 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -40.6%, drawdown -99.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -45.9%, Sharpe 0.37, 2% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 47.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.6%p (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -45.9%, 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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=14, mult=4
7.1%-45.9%0.370.161.8x82%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=37, k=3.5
-0.6%-76.0%0.14-0.010.9x126%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=30
-2.6%-67.8%0.13-0.040.8x3012%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=67, exitN=33
-3.0%-77.2%0.11-0.040.8x1013%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=198
-4.1%-72.2%0.04-0.060.7x1010%
Supertrend
period=35, mult=4.9
-7.9%-75.8%0.04-0.100.5x2421%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=102
-6.5%-65.6%0.03-0.100.6x1619%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=0.09
-8.7%-85.5%-0.00-0.100.5x8614%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.055, maxStep=0.24
-23.8%-97.8%-0.19-0.240.1x31737%
MACD
fast=11, slow=45, signal=6
-27.6%-97.2%-0.26-0.280.1x17748%
Buy and hold-40.6%-99.5%-0.36-0.410.0x1100%
0.1 1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -45.9% (2020-03-18 → 2025-04-09), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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