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Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Bond ETF. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%).

Data 2015-08-11 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,780 (11.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -19.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 1.3%, MDD -5.4%, Sharpe 0.39, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.8%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%, exposure 1%).

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
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.6
1.3%-5.4%0.390.241.2x1649%
ROC 모멘텀
n=85, threshold=0.09
0.1%-0.7%0.270.121.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.8
0.1%-1.6%0.140.061.0x21%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=47, exitN=48
0.0%-8.2%0.020.001.0x1447%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=3
-0.0%-1.9%-0.04-0.011.0x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=143
-0.5%-10.6%-0.13-0.041.0x1851%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=75
-0.8%-14.0%-0.24-0.050.9x1851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=39
-0.3%-3.4%-0.29-0.081.0x84%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
-1.1%-15.1%-0.31-0.070.9x4658%
MACD
fast=29, slow=54, signal=50
-1.5%-18.0%-0.48-0.080.8x5846%
Buy and hold-0.9%-19.2%-0.15-0.050.9x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -5% -10% -14% -19% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -5.4% (2020-02-19 → 2020-04-06), recovered after 55 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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