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PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.0%).

Data 2018-04-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,089 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.2%, drawdown -6.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.1%, MDD -2.3%, Sharpe -0.04, 99% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 4.0%p (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -1.0%, exposure 6%).

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 99%
n=8, threshold=-0.01
-0.1%-2.3%-0.04-0.021.0x399%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=61, slow=170
-0.4%-3.0%-0.33-0.121.0x848%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=30
-0.1%-1.0%-0.34-0.121.0x26%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=88, slow=221
-0.5%-4.2%-0.45-0.121.0x855%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.6
-0.1%-1.2%-0.49-0.121.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=18, k=2.4
-0.2%-1.3%-0.58-0.121.0x20%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=42, exitN=79
-1.1%-8.8%-0.85-0.130.9x1655%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
-4.3%-30.3%-2.48-0.140.7x6045%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=5
-4.4%-31.2%-2.74-0.140.7x5815%
MACD
fast=47, slow=56, signal=47
-6.2%-41.1%-3.33-0.150.6x8940%
Buy and hold-0.2%-6.3%-0.09-0.031.0x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -2% -3% -5% -6% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -2.3% (2018-04-20 → 2020-03-31), recovered after 796 days.

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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