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PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2009-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,200 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.0%, drawdown -4.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -5.1%, Sharpe -0.08, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

CAGR reference leader: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -0.9%, exposure 1%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
n=123, threshold=-0.03
-0.1%-5.1%-0.08-0.021.0x397%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=39
-0.1%-0.9%-0.29-0.061.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=21, mult=4
-0.1%-1.0%-0.34-0.061.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3.4
-0.1%-1.1%-0.35-0.061.0x20%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=218
-0.5%-8.5%-0.55-0.060.9x1759%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=219
-0.6%-11.0%-0.67-0.060.9x2358%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=82, exitN=101
-0.6%-10.5%-0.69-0.060.9x2356%
MACD
fast=48, slow=89, signal=43
-3.5%-45.1%-2.42-0.080.6x11343%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=5
-3.2%-42.7%-2.43-0.080.6x9440%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-4.7%-55.4%-2.87-0.080.4x15552%
Buy and hold0.0%-4.8%0.020.001.0x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -1% -3% -4% -5% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -5.1% (2020-02-28 → 2022-11-04), 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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