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Invesco Senior Loan ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco Senior Loan ETF. 4 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 2011-03-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,876 (15.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.4%, drawdown -32.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.34, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.7%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=50, threshold=0.12
0.1%-0.5%0.340.191.0x20%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.8
-0.0%-1.9%-0.05-0.021.0x41%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=32
-0.1%-2.1%-0.13-0.031.0x40%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=2.9
-0.1%-2.3%-0.27-0.041.0x41%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=73
-2.4%-33.5%-0.55-0.070.7x7388%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=5
-2.2%-29.2%-0.61-0.080.7x6058%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=134
-1.6%-24.7%-0.66-0.060.8x3844%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=170
-1.7%-24.9%-0.86-0.070.8x3238%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-4.3%-49.1%-1.17-0.090.5x12552%
MACD
fast=22, slow=33, signal=26
-5.6%-59.1%-1.69-0.090.4x15548%
Buy and hold-1.4%-32.2%-0.20-0.040.8x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -16% -24% -32% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-06-08 → 2020-06-09), 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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