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Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -52.0%).

Data 2013-04-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,348 (13.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.6%, drawdown -96.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 26.7%, MDD -70.3%, Sharpe 0.70, 66% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 29.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.8%p (CAGR 8.6%, MDD -52.0%, exposure 14%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=60
26.7%-70.3%0.700.3823.4x3466%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=2
18.0%-53.7%0.610.349.1x7428%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=39
19.7%-83.4%0.610.2410.9x9448%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
17.7%-74.2%0.590.248.7x6244%
ROC 모멘텀
n=98, threshold=0.1
15.6%-67.0%0.550.236.9x9038%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.2
14.8%-64.8%0.540.236.3x8830%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.14
14.6%-79.2%0.530.186.1x31251%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=266
11.8%-80.9%0.480.154.4x931%
MACD
fast=19, slow=61, signal=12
10.3%-89.5%0.460.123.7x15053%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=16
8.6%-52.0%0.410.173.0x4214%
Buy and hold-2.6%-96.1%0.37-0.030.7x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -70.3% (2021-01-08 → 2025-05-08), recovered after 1,746 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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