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iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -1.5%).

Data 2002-07-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,040 (24.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.2%, drawdown -30.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.3%, MDD -5.8%, Sharpe 0.24, 4% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.6%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -1.5%, 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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=25
0.3%-5.8%0.240.051.1x124%
ROC 모멘텀
n=13, threshold=0.13
0.2%-1.5%0.190.131.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3.3
0.1%-3.7%0.110.031.0x42%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=46, exitN=69
-0.4%-21.8%-0.05-0.020.9x5459%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=150
-1.0%-31.4%-0.15-0.030.8x4853%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
-0.1%-1.4%-0.15-0.041.0x20%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
-0.9%-25.8%-0.17-0.040.8x7449%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=198
-1.3%-30.0%-0.21-0.040.7x3653%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-3.0%-57.0%-0.57-0.050.5x21253%
MACD
fast=24, slow=48, signal=19
-3.8%-62.6%-0.71-0.060.4x24052%
Buy and hold0.2%-30.5%0.060.011.0x1100%
1x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -15% -23% -30% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -5.8% (2009-01-09 → 2016-05-18), recovered after 3,814 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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